I've used Rust. It's not simple. For instance, lifetime annotations are ugly and confusing.
What a snarky reply from someone who already knows that Rust is not simple. The person you replied to was right, and yet you cast doubt on what he guessed to be true.
The person that response was directed at was attempting to use a mistaken similarity to C++ to paint Rust as a language that is not "sane". You appear to be injecting your own interpretation as to what this subthread is about. :)
Well, at least you have the good grace to admit that you haven't used Rust. :P