A lot of people state that Python&#x2F;PHP&#x2F;Ruby&#x2F;Javascript on the dynamic language side and Java and other JVM languages on the statically typed side and much quicker to develop than C++, but being a very experienced Java programmer and a decent Javascript programmer I find that I can program just as fast with C++ as long as you use the right choices of libraries and use C++11 or greater.  With libraries like Boost, fbfolly, wangle, etc. I find it can be just as quick to develop C++ code as with other languages.  I think too many people think C++ is a huge investment above other languages due to past experience, but I feel that it is just not true anymore.  Thanks for this post, I think it shows just how quick it is to write performant modern C++, when you stand on the shoulders of other libraries.  Just like the other languages.