> I see stuff on HN and other tech boards about how terrible it is to work with C++ and how memory management will clothesline all novice and intermediate progr

> I see stuff on HN and other tech boards about how terrible it is to work with C++ and how memory management will clothesline all novice and intermediate programmers. However, the Stroustrup book makes it seem like it's pretty manageable. Plenty of people around here desperately want to vindicate their personal bets regarding other languages and framworks, and consequently you see a multitude of poorly thought-through strawmen put up to try to denigrate the other choice and, by process if elimination, leave their personal choice as the one true choice. It's tiring. This obsession some Rust fanatics have regarding C++ drags on for over a decade, and it never changes. If they think it's so great, why waste so much time trying to drag down pseudo-rivals?