First off, Rust != Hacker News. You might have been downvoted by someone unaffiliated by Rust on HN. For example I'm affiliated with Rust community but didn't down-vote you.
Second, let's review your post:
You never supplied examples to your comment of using some abbreviation only half of the time.
Your point about Rust using [], () and {} for functions is wrong, because it only ever uses () for function calls, others can appear in macro.
Your example of using <> vs [] is a subjective choice, that doesn't have any scientific or even majority consensus. To make matters worse, one of Rust's side goal is to somewhat ease migration of C++ programmers to Rust. I actually agree with you on this point, but I realize most people would find this syntax confusing due to habit of writing array literals using brackets.
On the other hand underscore python style that is proven by a study[1] to be a better choice for readability you consider the less usable one.
[1] http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bonita_Sharif/publicatio...
Could you improve your post with examples and scientific studies demonstrating your points and post it to http://internals.rust-lang.org/ or http://users.rust-lang.org/ ?
Second, let's review your post:
You never supplied examples to your comment of using some abbreviation only half of the time.
Your point about Rust using [], () and {} for functions is wrong, because it only ever uses () for function calls, others can appear in macro.
Your example of using <> vs [] is a subjective choice, that doesn't have any scientific or even majority consensus. To make matters worse, one of Rust's side goal is to somewhat ease migration of C++ programmers to Rust. I actually agree with you on this point, but I realize most people would find this syntax confusing due to habit of writing array literals using brackets.
On the other hand underscore python style that is proven by a study[1] to be a better choice for readability you consider the less usable one.
[1] http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bonita_Sharif/publicatio...
Could you improve your post with examples and scientific studies demonstrating your points and post it to http://internals.rust-lang.org/ or http://users.rust-lang.org/ ?