I don't think anyone hates C++, they hate how it makes them feel when they have to work in it. Also, I think it's a bit ludicrous to say "just use a subset" be

I don't think anyone hates C++, they hate how it makes them feel when they have to work in it. Also, I think it's a bit ludicrous to say "just use a subset" because there's no definitive guide to "sane" or safe subset. Also, regarding boost: I'm extremely conflicted about it... On one hand, it's made my life easier, but on the other it feels like once you add it to the codebase it metastases everywhere; it's not a C++ codebase anymote, but a boost codebase. Also, it ill-composes with most things that aren't boost (and sometimes even within other parts of boost, because boost is an amalgamation of libraries)