Scala is a great language. And Rust definitely has noticeable influences from ML. But I’d say Rust is closer to C++ than it is to ML.
replyBut, to be fair to you, I’ve not touched Rust in a couple of years so maybe my memory is fallible here?
I don't think it's a memory thing. The original rust compiler was written in OCAML. I think it's closer to an ML personally because of the strong focus on the type system rather than the chr* magic of c/c++.
replyOver the years c++ has been influenced to offer things people like from rust. So modern c++ looks a little more like rust. But older c++ really doesn't.
Similarly rusts approach to dynamic dispatch is more like OCAML than c++.
You can use rust and c++ for similar objectives though. Anyone can reduce two technical things until they are identical or expand them until they are completely different.
I think the most sober take is they are sufficiently different from one another.