Comment by Mond_
> It is still ugly / noisy / overly-complicated and probably could have been done better.
I don't know, it feels like you're just saying that you don't like it, missed the point of the post, and are not giving us anything concrete. Can you list a very clear example of how you'd improve the syntax?
Again, see the post: You can remove things, but you're losing explicitness or other things. If you want a language that's more implicit, this is fine. I don't.
> Can you list a very clear example of how you'd improve the syntax?
The demand that I must design a better language to have valid criticism is absurd - I don't need to be a chef to know food tastes bad, do I? I'm a user of languages, not a language designer. My job is to evaluate whether Rust's syntax serves my needs, not to solve the PL design problems that led to it.
The syntax is noisy. That's not "missing the point" - that's the direct consequence of the design choices you're defending. If your argument is "the complexity is necessary for memory safety" fine, but don't pretend the cost doesn't exist or that pointing it out is invalid.
You're conflating "can identify a problem" with "must solve the problem". Those are different skills. I'm evaluating Rust as a user, not auditioning as a language designer.