I wonder how Rust + C++ style OO + GC would look as a language.

Rust is just a little bit too hard for people who want to just continue working without learning much. Go is slightly too oversimplified. Java and dotNet have a VM with their cost. Swift is overly apple centrish. C and C++ have the whole security mess to solve. I feel there is a gap inbetween these languages.

Now Rust+GC is probably reachable, e.g. with the Boehm GC. But web of pointers OO is harder to throw in the mix. I wonder how a language would look to take this space.

As someone who is new to Go I find it pretty easy, while Rust looks much harder. Maybe I should give Rust a go instead?