[kindfellow92]

An argument could be made around you not being smart enough for C++ either if you are truly unable to write the equivalent program in Rust.

Rust simply makes memory-correctness something the compiler can check. Correct C++ programs are the same as correct Rust programs, the compiler simply isn’t enforcing it.

[lurr]

> Rust simply makes memory-correctness something the compiler can check

and the latter half of that statement is where things get problematic. Prove it to the compiler has repeatedly been too hard.

[baq]

if it's too hard, drop to unsafe - you have the same guarantees as C++ there.

the real problem is telling when it's impossible, e.g. in recurrent data structures, like linked lists and trees. that takes practice.