Having done a bit of C lately (lots in the past) and quite a bit of Rust, Rust is not verbose! The functional syntax the author of this (good) article complain

Having done a bit of C lately (lots in the past) and quite a bit of Rust, Rust is not verbose! The functional syntax the author of this (good) article complains about is what this (long experience in procedural C like languages) old programmer has come to love.