> a simplicity that led to writing working code on the first run

...whereas Rust optimizes for the property "Once it compiles, it's probably going to work flawlessly on the first try."

You do spend a lot of time having a conversation with the compiler first. But I like that mode of working; even in Ruby, I have a long "conversation" with my unit tests before I ever run anything.

> writing working code on the first run.

Rust very much lets you write working and less buggy code at first run, if perhaps not the first compile.

Indeed, it's a mentality I don't share, but I understand the attraction of a gentle on-ramp. Of course, a bit of time spent understanding why Rust made different decisions might have been illuminating.