> I think to get good at a given systems language these days the effort is the same Someone who has been proficient at something for a long time has a very dif

> I think to get good at a given systems language these days the effort is the same Someone who has been proficient at something for a long time has a very difficult time getting into a mindset of a beginner. This is why I think you are completely wrong about this point. > Rust has some nice-to-haves of course, but C++ has been able to grow up and evolve because of the rich feature-set the template meta-programming language has provided it. C++ has not and can not hide all the hidden gotchas and complexities that it has accrued over the years.