Good question. I've been using Rust exclusively for a few months. I came from C#/python. typical GC'd application languages.
With Rust I don't think you have to choose.
Once you "get" the borrow checker and understand the ownership model Rust becomes very productive and feels like a high level language. There's a little noise in the syntax but what you get in return is so worth it. There are quite a bit of high level features to take advantage of that "compile away" with so called zero-cost abstractions.
It's a legit low level language in the sense that you can write a legit OS. No GC, guaranteed memory safety. It's bonkers.
I believe it is blurring the lines of what it means to be high/low level.
With Rust I don't think you have to choose.
Once you "get" the borrow checker and understand the ownership model Rust becomes very productive and feels like a high level language. There's a little noise in the syntax but what you get in return is so worth it. There are quite a bit of high level features to take advantage of that "compile away" with so called zero-cost abstractions.
It's a legit low level language in the sense that you can write a legit OS. No GC, guaranteed memory safety. It's bonkers.
I believe it is blurring the lines of what it means to be high/low level.