Safety, speed, language convenience. Pick 2. Safety is an issue everywhere you are programming something, good programmers just know how to mitigate it. And

Safety, speed, language convenience. Pick 2. Safety is an issue everywhere you are programming something, good programmers just know how to mitigate it. And to be really honest, you don't always need to use C++. Just use it where performance is needed, write good code, review it, etc, and when you need to go at a higher level, use python or any other scripting languages. C++ should be used to write libraries. There are not so many softwares in the world that need to be entirely written in C++, and if they do, more time is spent writing and fixing such software. "There are languages people complain about, and languages nobody use". I don't dislike rust, but when I read its syntax, it doesn't seem simple enough to learn, read and write, the learning curve seems pretty steep, so it won't really do well with students.