I'm the author of the quote at the top of this blog post. I've at this point taught rust as a first language to over 400 people and am very amused by the claims

I'm the author of the quote at the top of this blog post. I've at this point taught rust as a first language to over 400 people and am very amused by the claims in this thread and it's comments. After a few years of doing this I'm not just convinced it's possible, but have seen a lot of evidence of it working pretty well.