C++ burnt through a lot of good will in the C++98 era where it was admittedly a hot mess (and all the compilers where buggy dumpster fires). Now on one hand we

C++ burnt through a lot of good will in the C++98 era where it was admittedly a hot mess (and all the compilers where buggy dumpster fires). Now on one hand we have people who publicly and loudly swore off touching C++ ever again based on this experience (and even more people parroting the “C++ is a mess” statement without any experience) and on the other the excitement of Rust with all the hype making people invest a large amount of effort into learning it.