I’m not dyslexic actually. Just thinking in terms of good user experience. A lot of the issues with C syntax is that it’s largely designed to make it easier for compiler writers.

I feel like Rust has similar pitfalls in that vein—instead of defining the user experience first, they went for a symbol that is not used elsewhere—making it easier on the engineers while satisfying the “functional requirement” of namespaces.

So—Rust will not be the language-to-end-all-languages because it is not beautiful enough. Perhaps it is almost there in functionality, but i foresee a problem with any language’s longevity unless it’s literally perfectly thought-out user experience.

I’d love to jump on the hype train with Rust but it’s not really that exciting. It doesn’t really feel all that natural. Well-thought-out user experiences should feel natural through-and-through.