GP didn't say to go for mainstream GC languages, though. OCaml, F#, or Haskell would offer many of the benefits that come with Rust's type system. I've used O

GP didn't say to go for mainstream GC languages, though. OCaml, F#, or Haskell would offer many of the benefits that come with Rust's type system. I've used OCaml professionally, and it's been a real pleasure.