Not sure if Cyclone and ATS don't predate it, but Rust's memory management is a bit like 1/3rd of Linear Lisp (specifically, the compil time garbage optimizer)

To be more precise, Rust uses affine types as basis for the borrow checker.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Substructural_type_system

Its biggest achievement is making them more well known to mainstream devs without CS background.