The language density isn't everything. The biggest benefit of Rust over C++ is the module/package system. if you can replace a 50 line utility with a crate (1 l

The language density isn't everything. The biggest benefit of Rust over C++ is the module/package system. if you can replace a 50 line utility with a crate (1 line of toml) that makes a big difference. You'd rarely add a library dependency in C++ to use a small utility function.