Comment by neonsunset

Being productive with C++ tools and dependencies has much steeper learning curve than Rust as a language, and has you spend way more effort on a constant basis.

I can be productive in C#/F#, Rust, Go or TypeScript in a fraction of time it takes to accomplish so in C++ the moment you go beyond something trivial. It’s not the fault of the language per se but of everything around it.

It’s one of the reasons some people are so upset about C++ and Rust, in my opinion. Working with C and C++ involves huge amount of pain and hassle that is absolutely not required to accomplish whatever task you are dealing with.