This thread on the Rust subreddit compares Blow's language ideas to Rust: http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2gwi11/jonathan_blow_ideas_about_a_new_programm

This thread on the Rust subreddit compares Blow's language ideas to Rust: http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2gwi11/jonathan_blow_ideas_about_a_new_programming/ http://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/2gwi11/jonathan_blow_i... He specifically says that Rust "cares too much about safety" and that satisfying its safety guarantees adds too much friction to development. Some of the Rust programmers in the thread acknowledge that the safety/friction trade-off for games may be different from, say, OS kernels or web browsers. He also notes that Rust is new and still needs to prove itself, which I don't think anyone will disagree with.