Comment by tempodox

> The layers of cruft in C++ have become so deep that it's a career just to understand them.

The committee have, over decades, dug themselves into a hole that they won’t be able to get out of, even if they wanted to.

C++ does have some features that I appreciate, but for every new project I begin it has to contend with Rust and OCaml, and most of the time it loses.

It will stay relevant for existing projects, but becoming the language of choice for new projects will only get harder with time.