Agreed. I've played with Rust on and off since ~v0.8. I tried to get through the Matasano crypto challenges a few years ago and gave up after hitting a few lang

Agreed. I've played with Rust on and off since ~v0.8. I tried to get through the Matasano crypto challenges a few years ago and gave up after hitting a few language hiccups. I recently gave it another go, and it's much easier to use now. I must have written around a thousand lines before needing a lifetime annotation, vs. something like 30 lines two years ago.