> To me, C++ is an absolute train wreck of a language and choosing it for a new project borders on malpractice. Personnally I tend to think exactly the opposit

> To me, C++ is an absolute train wreck of a language and choosing it for a new project borders on malpractice. Personnally I tend to think exactly the opposite. And choosing a brand new hype language because "it's shiny and fun" on new projects that will have to be there for 20 years is just a sign of being immature and a malpractice. There is no guarantee your shiny language will be alive nor even supported on my next gen platform. When for sure, the good old safe set: C++, C, JS, python, Java will be there and alive, even in 20 years from now. And the result you will probably struggle and spend more time to get your nice shinny Rust code running correctly on iPhone/Android 20/NG-Cloud than you will ever to debug a damn core file in C++. To comment ironically on your post. It is more to "zealots" and "evangelist" like you that I personnally refuse to talk. These people are often more interested with playing with the last fancy tech available than producing anything useful and sustainable in their work.