> Rust is very sweet, but it lacks the simplicity of C.

That's like saying a SawStop (http://www.sawstop.com/) lacks a simplicity of a sawblade. I mean - Yeah, sure, but sawblade also won't stop you from turning yourself into amputee.

I understand Rust can be overly verbose, but main complexity comes from the borrow checker and the effect adding another kind of type, to track lifetimes. The lifetime system is the main selling point.

There are other sources of complexity in Rust, but I am glad to say both Rust/Scala seem to be looking for a way to simplify things.