[hector_villa]

>complicating things and scaring off (non-C++) programmers.

On the contrary, Rust allow us (non C++ programmers) to use a system language without fear of breaking something. I'm a Rust developer with Ruby background and loving the language more and more.

[ngrilly]

Did you have background with languages other than Ruby before starting with Rust? Languages like C++, D, Haskell, OCaml or maybe C#?