I agree that this proposal isn't great. But also that you're not responding to what the comment is really saying - it's responding to the "just use rust" suggestion. If Rust is a good choice, great. But that doesn't mean we should abandon all attempts to improve standardization of C++. And I mean "attempts" - production conversation should be around why something doesn't work and why it fails, "just use rust" is not really relevant here. It's perfectly fine to say when starting a new project or figuring out how to rewrite an existing codebase, but in a conversation about C++ standards it's just not relevant.

I like Rust and very happy it's being used more and more. I am just tired of it constantly coming up in any talks about C++ on HN.