This is a conscience choice that has been made by the Rust team - they've chosen to create a very "powerful" language (which makes sense if they are trying to c

This is a conscience choice that has been made by the Rust team - they've chosen to create a very "powerful" language (which makes sense if they are trying to compete with C++) and thus require a very powerful syntax, at the cost of clarity and simplicity. I'm with you personally, it reads as a mess to me. The opposite end of the spectrum is Go, which I love, but many hate for being too limited. I like seeing everything in the control flow represented as values - context and errors included - but too each their own. I'm not sure if you need to learn Rust for work or are just interested in a new language, if it is the latter I can recommend checking Go out. :)