# why rust

>Sorry if this is a dumb question, but… why Rust? 🤔
(Friend asked me and I totally blanked lol
[name=EricccTaiwan]

>why not? You can still use C/C++ but libbpf has decent rust bindings and is a bit nicer to maintain
[[name=Daniel H]](https://github.com/hodgesds)

>Not trying to argue or anything haha, I'm just used to C/C++ so I’m wondering what makes Rust stand out from other newer languages.
Or is it because libbpf is only mature for C and Rust for now?
[name=EricccTaiwan]

>I think it was more that there was someone maintaining [libbpf-rs](https://github.com/libbpf/libbpf-rs) at meta
[name=Daniel H]

(以上對話來自 Discord 公開 channel)