I agree with your characterization of the benefits and tradeoffs of Rust. I think that regardless of whether it solves the pain point, at the very least there n

I agree with your characterization of the benefits and tradeoffs of Rust. I think that regardless of whether it solves the pain point, at the very least there needs to exist something that undertakes static lifetime checking. I respect Rust from a distance. It's not in line with my particular needs and/or expectations, but I'm glad it exists, because something needs to exist which does what Rust does, and I'm not aware of anything else that does it. Other than lifetime annotations, I have a couple other niggling issues with it but I suspect it's because I haven't fully grasped certain things yet, and so I'll refrain from commenting on them for the moment.