I totally agree, and I think that C++ is exactly this "wrong kind of language," and Rust follows in its footsteps, but I'm sure others disagree. For example, fo

I totally agree, and I think that C++ is exactly this "wrong kind of language," and Rust follows in its footsteps, but I'm sure others disagree. For example, for decades Microsoft has shown an attraction to this kind of languages (they love C++, C# is going down that path, and they're showing interest in Rust), so it might ultimately be a matter of taste -- a personal aesthetic preference -- unless somebody is ever able to make some empirical observations that show an objective benefit to one approach over another.