[mmaniac]

> You know what's the most interesting part of this whole article? The thing Rust is very famous for, memory safety, did not feature at all.

I think that's the essential point, really... It'd be hard to argue that the rest of Rust isn't overall "better" than C++, but the compromises made to flexibility and ergonomics to achieve memory safety in Rust are the biggest points of contention for Rust critics.