Rust was definitely created as an alternative to C++, but I don't really get your criticism. Unless you're just saying you don't like robust languages with very strong type systems or something?
Rust wasn't designed by committee.
Rust wasn't designed by committee.
I'm fine with robust languages with very strong type systems, I think. Are Haskell, ML, F#, Scala in this set? Robust and very strongly typed enough? I don't dislike their taste, even though I think I've had enough scala, specifically, for this life time. If these aren't in the set you're thinking of, I'd like to know what makes up that set for you.