[nayuki]

> The first language I properly learned was C in first year of my engineering degree. [...] My experience in the class solidified my belief that programming was what I wanted to do and forged a bond with the C language that I didn’t realize until now.

I am highly skeptical that the author understands the full ramifications of undefined behavior, dangling pointers, platform-dependent integer sizes, and the myriad sharp edges of the C programming language.

I don't disagree that, for example, Rust has a heavy syntax. But those exist for a reason. Those are the result of hard-earned lessons from phenomena like double-free (see ownership) and duck-typed templates in C++ (see traits).