[IshKebab]

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.

[ephaeton]

To me, Rust feels as if it had sprung from the same mind. Or in the case of C++, set of minds. Who have a common mindset. I sadly don't critize rust's general design choices constructively. It's more of a public realization, '"C++ mind-set compatible" might just be the quality to describe the specific aroma I dislike in this melange".

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.