You don't really need to do much explicit memory handling in modern C++ - smart pointers feel similar to garbage collected languages like Java or Go, with the occasional extra '*' I guess.
Comparing language tooling to Rust is surely controversial when compiles in Rust take an order of magnitude longer than any other language. Sure, Rust's tooling has some nice features but let's not ignore this very important elephant in the room.
Comparing language tooling to Rust is surely controversial when compiles in Rust take an order of magnitude longer than any other language. Sure, Rust's tooling has some nice features but let's not ignore this very important elephant in the room.