The point of safer languages is that it can protect you from the person writing the code. Sometimes that person is someone else. Sometimes that person is you. B

The point of safer languages is that it can protect you from the person writing the code. Sometimes that person is someone else. Sometimes that person is you. But no matter who the person is they will eventually have a bad day and some of those bad days will not be caught by a C++ compiler and linter. So your last point is I think probably not correct. The truth is that you need both a competent coder and also a language that catches when you are a little off your game. Rust is one of the compilers that help to catch when you are off that game. Your point that a rewrite is very risky is well made regardless though.