A "selling point" is a feature of a product which makes it attractive to customers...
If your selling point is "written in rust" you are explicitly saying that your customer is a programmer.
Normal people want to hear "doesn't crash", "easy wipe" or "now doesn't eat babies!"
Toby Jaffey
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