Interesting that you mention Rust... I am one of those "modern C++" kinds and I am quite curious and excited about Rust (haven't quite jumped boat yet though). I feel that there are quite a few others in such position.

And precisely the reason we like Rust is because it is like the new C++ (moves, lean lambdas, templates, on-the-stack values, borrowing) without so much of the old stuff. What do you think? What do you expect from Rust?