I thought that for a long time. But as time passes and I spend more time in languages like Typescript (Semi-Type Script more accurately) and Swift the more I yearn for Rust.
It is not the right tool for scripting, true.
IMO there's still need for a higher level Rust where you don't need that last 20% of the performance and control.
Some people say that OCaml is the high level rust, but I think it's got a lot of gaps which rust doesn't.
Nice language otherwise.
It's also good to remind people that these things were borrowed by Rust from other languages too. Primarily the ML family of languages.