It's more of an issue with rust concepts, not syntax. I had the same issue when I wrote lisp the first time (and it ended up being a pretty complex finite state

It's more of an issue with rust concepts, not syntax. I had the same issue when I wrote lisp the first time (and it ended up being a pretty complex finite state machine). The second part of your question is bad syntax however, I agree (but still, 90% of the unscrutability of rust is caused by its concepts imho).