Disagree. There are important things C++ gets "right" that languages like Go, C#, Java, and Rust get "wrong". It's difficult to impress these ideas on people wh

Disagree. There are important things C++ gets "right" that languages like Go, C#, Java, and Rust get "wrong". It's difficult to impress these ideas on people who dislike C++, because they are largely not willing to learn C++. The C++ build environment is awful, I'll give you that much. I find people tend to fall into two camps, people who don't understand C++ because it's "too complicated" and people who like C++ (though acknowledge the syntax is a bit odd sometimes). Extraction of the essence of C++ is ongoing...