After the post by Steve Klabnik, "Rust is more than safety", and a reply by Graydon Hoare, "Rust is mostly safety" - I thought it wise to throw my opinion into the mix, whether warranted or not. This is going to be a long article, which I hope raises some points that will be interesting to you.
First, I would like to clarify my experience with Rust. I first discovered Rust through reddit, in late 2014, version 0.11. What stood out to me immediately was a different focus on software - a focus on being the best language possible.
What I found in Rust was a language that was:
- Better safety than Ada