That's what I love about Rust, you get all of those things without having to sacrifice performance. i.e. I get a modern language, get to write code at a relativ

That's what I love about Rust, you get all of those things without having to sacrifice performance. i.e. I get a modern language, get to write code at a relatively high level, and still don't even have to use a GC. You learn to love the borrow checker, it's an amazing tool to work with.