[Jensson]

Yes, Rust is much easier to write and faster to learn than C++. This makes Rust better for many cases, but you can't really say it is more powerful.

C++ templates are hard to learn and understand, but they are one of the most powerful constructs we have in any programming language, I miss them when I work in other languages.

[elcritch]

This is a good point. Rust is better than C++ in many ways but when it comes to templates and compile time optimizations then its flipped and C++ is much better. The Rust trait system also feels pretty limited too.

Though as far as compile time templates go I think Nim templates generally meets or exceeds C++ templates in most areas. But I've become addicted to compile time type ducking, which is antithetical to Rust's vision of programming.