Pattern matching and referential transparency are much more "obvious" or "natural" (meaning closer to the way we humans think) than javascript and its idiosyncr

Pattern matching and referential transparency are much more "obvious" or "natural" (meaning closer to the way we humans think) than javascript and its idiosyncrasies (think that even something like `x = x+1` in imperative languages is an infamous tripping point for beginners). C++ is definitely anything but obvious.