I call Rust a hybrid of Haskell and C++, it has most of the powerful type features you come to rely on with the MLs but the additional low level control and def

I call Rust a hybrid of Haskell and C++, it has most of the powerful type features you come to rely on with the MLs but the additional low level control and default imperative behavior of C/C++. I came from Haskell to Rust and it really is a joy to program in.