By “I think C++ can do anything Rust can do, and I would like it to be much simpler to use.” I think he’s saying that he knows there’s an issue with the complex

By “I think C++ can do anything Rust can do, and I would like it to be much simpler to use.” I think he’s saying that he knows there’s an issue with the complexity of C++. See his quote “Within C++, there is a much smaller and cleaner language struggling to get out” https://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that https://www.stroustrup.com/bs_faq.html#really-say-that Features can’t really be removed from C++ because a major advantage of the language is compatibility with existing code. However, within that constraint, C++ is driving toward a simpler, cleaner, safer dialect. It’s a hard problem.