> Programming in Rust is complex Make a distinction between programming and the overall programmer experience. C++ is not a simple language and it feels like s

> Programming in Rust is complex Make a distinction between programming and the overall programmer experience. C++ is not a simple language and it feels like some of the the rules are arbitrary, vendor dependent, or for the same of backwards compatibility. When programming C++ at scale you start dealing with manifest files. Different understanding of C++ (templates/precompiler? exceptions? std? the list goes on). Rust on the other hand is mostly pleasant. Sometimes I have problems with cargo. However like C++ build systems made life legitimately miserable sometimes. I'm really excited for Rust. I think that at some point it might replace large parts of the OS. I can imagine important parts of the internet (DNS servers, caching servers etc) running on raw hardware. Your OS eats too much of your perf. You are right, some parts of Rust are tricky (still working out proc_macros) however you get a lot of power from these. It also feels like the Rust team really thinks ahead. Like C++ is still working on the Range type. Originally, it was supposed to be in C++03 but that didn't happen and here we are 17 years later still waiting. You can say things like that the type system doesn't support higher kinded types and such. You are right and I think that at some point, Rust will get them, right now there are more important battles. Whoever manages to implement them will be crowned the king of Rust I'm sure.