Rust is a relatively new programming language that features nearly all the good parts of C++ (e.g. struct, reference, RAII, move semantics, generics) and almost

Rust is a relatively new programming language that features nearly all the good parts of C++ (e.g. struct, reference, RAII, move semantics, generics) and almost none of the bad parts (e.g. duplicate features, cryptic syntax, undefined behavior). Your example in Rust would read like this: // Definition fn foo(a: u8, b: &u8, c: &mut u8) -> i32 { a = 0; // Local change only println!("{}", *b); // Read pointee *c = 1; // Write pointee return 2; } // Call site let bar: u8 = 3; let baz: u8 = 4; let mut bajinga: u8 = 5; foo(bar, &baz, &mut bajinga);