Of course, they did. The initial compiler was written in Ocaml.
Early Rust looked much more like a ML language. They intentionally moved to a C-like syntax because it is more familiar to their target audience.
Early Rust looked much more like a ML language. They intentionally moved to a C-like syntax because it is more familiar to their target audience.
I completely understand the reasons for Rust devs targeting a C like syntax. Rust had already blown its novelty budget on the borrow checker semantics.