Rust is emphatically not a scripting language. It is a systems language with many features drawn from functional languages (e.g. tagged unions for data types, p

Rust is emphatically not a scripting language. It is a systems language with many features drawn from functional languages (e.g. tagged unions for data types, pattern matching, a type class system, type inference) as well as a strong type system with the addition of type states, which are assertions tracked by the compiler. Yes, its syntax is C-like, but I'd assert that it has more in common with OCaml than Dart. With that in mind, the suggestion that it'd be more worthwhile to strap static types onto Ruby is like looking at engineers designing an aerodynamic, fuel-efficient, high-speed dragster and suggesting they stick a bigger engine in a sedan and call it done. Yes, Rust has adopted a feature superficially similar to Ruby's; that does not mean it wishes to fill the same niche or that Ruby's goals align with Rust's in any significant way.