The really big deal is memory management. There's no GC, and there's pretty precise memory control, and it's not the Shub-Niggurath that dealing with C++ is. I

The really big deal is memory management. There's no GC, and there's pretty precise memory control, and it's not the Shub-Niggurath that dealing with C++ is. In fact, just think of Rust as C++ for mortals. :)