And if you ever want to learn C++ later (C++11 specifically), you'll have a big chunk of the work already done. Rust's move semantics are very helpful to unders

And if you ever want to learn C++ later (C++11 specifically), you'll have a big chunk of the work already done. Rust's move semantics are very helpful to understand C++ smart pointers, for example. Also, lambdas/closures. You'll also miss how you were babysitted (in a good sense!) by the Rust compiler, whereas C++ does not care if you mess up with dangling references!