It is though. I don't know about 'main goal' but rust is fun to write. Far more than c++ for me. Compile times. Traits. Generics that aren't templates. A pack

It is though. I don't know about 'main goal' but rust is fun to write. Far more than c++ for me. Compile times. Traits. Generics that aren't templates. A package manager. Functional constructs. Cross platform. It's got all the shiny toys. The state of the art in C++ is what? One file drop in headers, no package management and STL hell? Have you read the UE4 engine code base? What are horrific mess. There are certainly problems with rust (imo tooling and libraries), but I don't think for a moment how enjoyable to write it is, is one of them... C++ is a bloated language and I hate writing code in it. I hate that the mix of C++14/11/?? You get is different is every project. I despise that my C++ code from QT, UE, win32 is virtually incompatible, and the header/code legacy divide (or not if you happen to be in a system that allows it). I guess your milage may vary, but I've not talked to many people who didn't like programming in rust... Mostly just people who found it hard, or didn't know why they would bother vs. their current 'good enough' language (eg. C#).