I agree. The standard, however, is far from simple and beautiful and what people are bitching about are all the weird semantics codified in the standard (I thi

I agree. The standard, however, is far from simple and beautiful and what people are bitching about are all the weird semantics codified in the standard (I think). What they are not seeing is the simple and beautiful part, which is a shame because I think that's why C is still around and still popular. It's a little like looking at your spouse. You can fixate on the flaws and you'll hate your spouse. You can fixate on the positives and you have a much better chance at loving your spouse. Having a spouse that is artificially constrained to doing only the things you approve of is kind of what the Rust people are trying to do. Feels sort of weird to me but if that's their thing, go for it. Or maybe that's a messed up analogy?