Given how often the C++ complexity argument is made, I am genuinely concerned that Rust will fully deliver on its promise on being simpler than C++. Only in retrospect will it be evident that it was the wrong goal to shoot for all along the way.
I don’t think Rust has ever promised to be simpler than C++. It is simpler, in my opinion, but while I think it’s probably a good goal to shoot for, I’ve never seen anything that says it is an explicit goal of the language.
It does go out of its way to be ergonomic, which could be interpreted as simpler.
What? Brainfuck is one of the easiest languages to read. It's almost entirely context-free; you can immediately infer what's going to happen at any given point of the code, except brackets, which require a bit of counting if you're not using a syntax highlighter...
