[kelnos]

Rust is more like C++ (though still not really) than like C. Rust is a complete re-imagination of what a systems language could be.

[phicoh]

My conclusion is that C is not a good basis for what Rust is trying to do. The kind of reliability Rust is trying to provide with almost no runtime overhead requires a much more complex language than C.

[PaulDavisThe1st]

... and C++ is a much more complex language than C.

[phicoh]

True. Though there are plenty of people advocating for some small extensions to C to make it safe.