This is like the "real world" argument. Nobody uses that "in the real world", except well people that do.

Well, I do!?!! It's even faster than zoomer langs like Odin. You should try it.

And? Does it work? Because it does. It's a lot closer to C++ and you literally need like a week to start being productive and it's insanely flexible as a language. Nobody uses Swift also, but the additional problem with Swift was that it's entirely Apple-centric.