Comment by phkahler

>> it surprises me that this is the hill many C++ devs would die on in regards to their dislike of Rust

I believe people will exaggerate their current issue so it sounds like the only thing that matters to them. On another project I've had people say "This is the only thing that keeps me using commercial alternatives" or the only thing holding back wider adoption, or the only thing needed for blah blah blah. Meanwhile I've got my own list of high priority things needed to bring it to what I'd consider a basic level of completeness.

When it comes to performance it will never be good enough for everyone. There is always a bigger project to consume whatever resources are available. There are always people who insist on doing things in odd ways (maybe valid, but very atypical). These requests to improve are often indistinguishable from the regular ones.