[motorest]

> However, I quickly learned that other languages just do it differently and often even better (ever had to check an error when closing a resource?).

I don't think that's even conceptually the same. The point of RAII is that resource deallocation is ensured, deterministic, and built into the happy path. Once you start to throw errors and relying on those to manage resources, you're actually dealing the consequences of not having RAII.