It is more difficult for beginners. Experienced C++ programmers also manage their strings carefully. Rust just makes it explicit, which is a trade off it choose

It is more difficult for beginners. Experienced C++ programmers also manage their strings carefully. Rust just makes it explicit, which is a trade off it chooses in lots of cases (the most famous being ownership). It is a trade-off: it makes it harder for beginners but easier to use correctly.