I am a bit surprised about this as well, since my perspective on a Rust comparison to C++, one of the more noticable issues is the extra verbosity rather than c

I am a bit surprised about this as well, since my perspective on a Rust comparison to C++, one of the more noticable issues is the extra verbosity rather than compile time. You're right about switching to interpreted languages for this reason as well. Python is so incredibly simple to write, and doesn't have any compile time at all. I think a better trade off is a language that has a long compile time, is very fast and secure, but has simpler syntax. Effectively a rust based language with simpler syntax. I recognize some of these exist, but they need to be popular enough to use as well.