Comment by ultimaweapon

Of course the modern C++ are safer but you can still shoot yourself in the foot. Compared to Rust you still need to think about the memory safety when writing C++ while Rust you don't need to think about it at all. The only time you need to think about the memory safety in Rust is when using unsafe keyword, which can be isolated into a dedicated function.

Most C++ developers may don't understand what I mean. You need to proficient in Rust in order to understand it. When I was still using C++ as my primary language I have the same feeling as the other C++ developers about Rust. Once you start to comfortable with Rust you will see it is superior than C++ and you don't want to use C++ anymore.