R̟̞̣͕̣͋̄̾̔ͭṷ͇̞̘͉ŝ̹̬ͮ̂̐ͭ̌ͯtw̦̏͒͗í͒̏̄n͉̖͋ͥ̒̒̚͞n͈̣̘̿ͪͭè̡ͤͬ̔ͭ́ͦr̭͌̿̈́ͦ͑͗s̛͈̣̱̱̦͗ͨͫͥ,̪͚̙̖̥̊͟ ̘̺̦̱̭͍͊ͬ̀̚t̰̖̤̩̱̥̐̌̄̔͐̚h̲̬̲ͤ͗̓ͫ́ͪ͠e̝̜̺̟̠̿̀̚y̼̲͌̑ͭ̄͞ ͊͐͗͋͡a̬̘̮r̰̉ͦ͗͐̃͠

R̟̞̣͕̣͋̄̾̔ͭṷ͇̞̘͉ŝ̹̬ͮ̂̐ͭ̌ͯtw̦̏͒͗í͒̏̄n͉̖͋ͥ̒̒̚͞n͈̣̘̿ͪͭè̡ͤͬ̔ͭ́ͦr̭͌̿̈́ͦ͑͗s̛͈̣̱̱̦͗ͨͫͥ,̪͚̙̖̥̊͟ ̘̺̦̱̭͍͊ͬ̀̚t̰̖̤̩̱̥̐̌̄̔͐̚h̲̬̲ͤ͗̓ͫ́ͪ͠e̝̜̺̟̠̿̀̚y̼̲͌̑ͭ̄͞ ͊͐͗͋͡a̬̘̮r̰̬̉ͦ͗͐̃͠e͍ͧ͊̾ͮ͗̓͜ ̨̮͕̠̓ͫͮ́͋̑͌c̳̭̪̤͌ͧ͐̇̾ͬ̒ȏ̱̰͓͓̞̰m͚̺̤̪͚͊ͧḯ̜̙͔̗̮̻ͪ̓̓n̵̬̫͔̘̰͎͌̒ͫ͛̎̇̾g̮͇̼͖͇̊̍͒̿̑!̙͞ More seriously, the problems (exceptions and rtti) that you are mentioning are actually explained in this tutorial. One can disable them and still enjoy a great part of C++. Rust might be better on some other features though.