Something I like about Rust is that it gets very specific and explicit. On first glance you're like wtf is going on, but you can derive backwards what is happe

Something I like about Rust is that it gets very specific and explicit. On first glance you're like wtf is going on, but you can derive backwards what is happening without having to look for a discussion on language behavior under the hood. Automagic is nice sometimes but I'm the kind of person that needs to say the each word of an acronym to process it. Rust is like that in a way. You have a mutex on an option type, the option has a heap allocated future that contains data that can live for the lifetime of the program. This is clear to me because I don't need to fill in blanks. My memory is terrible, I've forgotten so many things I've learned in the past. I could pick them back up quite quickly but I don't have the little facts ready to go. If i wanted to use that future, I know I need to check the mutex lock, check if the option contains a Some(), etc. Sure this isn't for everyone, but I'm glad we have a tool like this gaining popularity. I have little interest in studying the arcane knowledge of C++ and sorting out what is current and what is obsolete, then arguing with a 30 year veteran that their technique is 20 years stale.