One feature of Rust that I don't see talked about as much is the ability for research to make its way into language improvements. Lots of PhD research in non-G

One feature of Rust that I don't see talked about as much is the ability for research to make its way into language improvements. Lots of PhD research in non-GC languages goes like, "assume C or C++ but written in a really specific way", where the research is interesting but there are too many corner cases to deal with when applied to a real project. Rust makes so many guarantees that I expect some of that Ph.D research will start to turn into concrete language improvements in ways it never could before. It'll be very exciting to watch the next 5-10 years of Rust as the best overlooked research ideas start to have a viable path to production projects.