"X is as complex as C++" is a preposterous statement for all values of X. A lot of people seem to assume that "C++ is complex" is referring to how the committe

"X is as complex as C++" is a preposterous statement for all values of X. A lot of people seem to assume that "C++ is complex" is referring to how the committee adds new language features every 3 years. The conventional wisdom that C++ is wickedly difficult to learn is NOT about "oh man, now I need to learn about the spaceship operator?" C++ is an almost unfathomably bottomless pit. From the arcane template metaprogramming system to the sprawling byzantine rules that govern what members a compiler auto-generates for you, and on to the insane mapping between "what this keyword was originally introduced for" and "what it actually means here in _this_ context, there is no end to it. Keeping up with new language syntax features is an absolute drop in the bucket compared to the inherent complexity required to understand a C++11 codebase, build it (with a completely separate tool that you must choose) and manage its dependencies (with a yet different completely separate tool that you must choose). You don't have to know anything about Rust to know that saying "Rust has become complex as C++" is objectively incorrect.