This reads the same way as any other 'defense', 'sales pitch', or what have you, but from a Rust evangelist. The author likes to use C++ and now he must explain to the world why his decision is okay/correct/good/etc.. If you like it that much, just use the thing; no one actually cares.

As a bonus:

> You can write simple, readable, and maintainable code in C++ without ever needing to use templates, operator overloading, or any of the other more advanced features of the language.

It is incredibly funny how this argument has been used for literally decades, but in reality, you don't see simple, readable, nor maintainable code, instead, most of the C++ code bases out there are an absolute mess.. This argument reminds me of something...