You&#x27;re reading the sentence correctly, but I think it was a typo and was probably intended to say:<p>&quot;We need to improve C++ to sustain the momentum and to better serve the C++ programmers, not out of fear of competition.&quot;<p>The accidental repetition of not is not an unusual mistake, and the original sentence doesn&#x27;t match the tone of the previous paragraph given that he says &quot;I deem something &#x27;major&#x27; or &#x27;minor&#x27; based on what it does for users&quot;