Not only you can write a modern C++ version in 5 minutes but by carefully choosing your subset of C++ and coding style you can do that while being as readable and maintainable as in higher level languages. C++ isn't hard because it's low level, it is hard because it is a Frankenstein monster and I don't think there is a living being that masters all the complexities of C++. I would love to see a C++ Next version with lots of crap cut down from it.
Judging by it's age and how much crap it's accumulated already, I think in 10 years time Rust won't be in a much better situation.
Similarly, judging by C++'s current trajectory, in 10 years it will have a simplified subset (enforced with something similar to --pedantic) which is easier to get right than Rust is today. Also, it will have a static analysis borrow checker based on clang-tidy.
