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I'm a lot happier with a fad for Rust-written CLI tools than the disappointment of reading install instructions for a simple CLI tool that starts with "First... npm... bower..."

I don't think many people would choose to start writing a new CLI in C++. That's just making things difficult for yourself.

There are some domains where I might still pick C++ over Rust - especially games and GUIs. The Rust ecosystem for those hasn't matched C++ yet.

But not for a CLI app. Especially one like this that doesn't have any difficult dependencies.

You may be right. There are few new-ish C++ CLI tools that I can think of. I don't know why I said it.

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