I think i understand what you say, but i don't think this is in contrary to my statement of C++ having become a language of which features are often reasoned ab

I think i understand what you say, but i don't think this is in contrary to my statement of C++ having become a language of which features are often reasoned about for the sake of the language itself in stead of for the sake of the goal of the language, namely writing and maintaining computer programs.