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The difference is in the capabilities of what a library can do. C++ goes through a lot of effort to ensure any library has all the same building blocks as the standard library. Almost no other language does this. Instead, they just grant the standard library magic powers that they don't trust you with or just refuse to provide.

The "caste system" as a result exists in all languages. Just the vast majority prevent you from ever being a duke much less a king. C++ doesn't stop you. Whether or not this is valuable to you is then personal preference, but it's not complexity for the fun of it, either.