Also, it’s worth noting that cargo is a fairly good package manager all things considered.
Yes, I'm familiar with Cargo. My point was to point out the absurdity and silliness of OP's remarks on "no bulky management of a virtual environment, no make files, no maven, etc." Once Rust fundamentalista take off their rose-tinted glasses, it's clear that Cargo is just as good (or as bad) as any contemporary integrated build system.