That kind of fits Rob Pike's explanation for why Go isn't more popular with C++ programmers (although he gave it a negative spin).
In a neutral way, it's like: if you spent all that effort mastering this language to get such fine-grained control, why would you give that up again? And really, I understand: why would you give that up? Especially if you know how to use C++ in a fairly painless way.
In a neutral way, it's like: if you spent all that effort mastering this language to get such fine-grained control, why would you give that up again? And really, I understand: why would you give that up? Especially if you know how to use C++ in a fairly painless way.