As somebody who comes from the Python community just like the author, I can relate to some of his points:<p>&quot;In Python I try to avoid even having dependencies if I can, and only use the standard library. I don&#x27;t want my users to have to deal with virtualenv and pip if they don&#x27;t have to (especially if they&#x27;re not pythonistas)&quot;<p>This rings so true to me. Package management in Rust is much better than in Python.<p>Also, Rust feels a bit like &quot;pythonic systems programming&quot;. I mean that it just feels like the right tool for the job. And it might feel a bit verbose in the beginning, but in reality it&#x27;s explicit and precise. It feels pretty ergonomic just like Python.<p>Isn&#x27;t it fantastic that people start comparing Rust to more high level languages like Python and Ruby instead of C++ or C? It says a lot about the language design and its goals.