The HN title still doesn't include it, so I certainly didn't open it because of it. The GitHub repository, however, includes it in the project name, so I thought my question was not inappropriate.

I'm certainly not out to disparage Rust in any way, merely looking to compare my experiences with other computational researchers. While language choice is in many ways subjective and we should all pick the ones we like, I've learned a lot in the past from discussions about the subject.