It's not a superficial complaint but it is relative to one's experience. Something that's "difficult" for me might be "easy" for you and vice versa. I find it v

It's not a superficial complaint but it is relative to one's experience. Something that's "difficult" for me might be "easy" for you and vice versa. I find it very much related to understanding the core concepts. I personally find Rust syntax to be quite enjoyable, or at least it fades into the background quickly - with a few exceptions. The syntax for lifetime annotations can be challenging. And not surprisingly explicit lifetime annotations are a rather unique concept, at least among mainstream languages. IOW the syntax is difficult because it's an entirely new mental model (for me), not because `<'a>` is an inherently bad way to express it.