You're comparing apples to oranges. In pure functional languages, Option is a fundamental type. It's a concept introduced very early on when learning FP. Histor

You're comparing apples to oranges. In pure functional languages, Option is a fundamental type. It's a concept introduced very early on when learning FP. Historically it had the same behavior and definition. Trying to gaslight ppl to question their reasonable reaction of std::optional transitioning from its previous behavior to an Option like behavior when no other type in C++ behaves as such is disingenuous. Of course it is weird in the C++ context, but is it a step in the right direction? absolutely!