That's only true if you're writing code with zero dependencies, which is rarely the case.

Not only that: toolchains, IDEs, static analyzers, mature frameworks for Protobuf, Capnproto, C compatibility, Python wrapping of APIs including little friction: deriving classes and exception conversion in pybind11 for example...

There are lots. It is just that some ppl think real world is just like when they sit down to code a zero-dep, no time-pressure thing.

This is exactly equivalent to saying that all existing C++ coders should be demoted or fired.

It is, among worse things, damned rude.

The only thing worse would be if you were a C++ programmer in the coal industry...

how does that look?