depends on what you're used to. as a C++ dev, i find rust's syntax quite pleasing. it's not too different than what i'm used to, but a lot of the ugliest parts

depends on what you're used to. as a C++ dev, i find rust's syntax quite pleasing. it's not too different than what i'm used to, but a lot of the ugliest parts of C syntax have been improved. the only bad example that comes to mind is the lifetime specifier (what i think you are alluding to with the apostrophe).