The author does, in fact, bring up C++ herself. It is very strange to have dismissed it while knowing so little about its current status, and so worth bringing

The author does, in fact, bring up C++ herself. It is very strange to have dismissed it while knowing so little about its current status, and so worth bringing up. She didn't have to mention C++ at all. If you don't see C++20 as a very, very different language from C++98, it can only be because you know practically nothing about the topic. That is totally allowed, but expressing opinions based on knowing nothing produces worthless opinions.