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I do get it's easier. I use std::unique_ptr when interfacing with legacy code because I like that I need an explicit .release() to relinquish ownership. It's self-documenting.

But I was considering modern C++ compared to, for example Rust. I'm not sure if the memory safety issue that Rust solves still exists as strongly with a purely modern C++ codebase...but then again I never run into those either.

For threads it's no contest between Rust and C++, although TSAN is pretty damn nice.