[sweeneyrod]

You can get those cool features in languages such as OCaml/F#/Scala/Haskell, and then you don't have to worry about managing memory because you have a GC.

[scotty79]

Sure but all of them are weird. Rust is something you can pick up in an afternoon if you have expeirience in C++-like languages.

[pjmlp]

From the point of view of somehow that has taught C++ as TA, worked with C and C++ during several years in some heavy contexts, an afternoon won't do it.