Microsoft eventually learned that keeping full POSIX support would have been a better outcome in today's server room if they had done it properly instead.

Likewise, pushing half solutions like profiles that are still pretty much a paper idea, other than what already exists in static analysers, might decrease C++'s relevance in some domains, and eventually those pushing for them might find themselves in the position that adopting Safe C++ (circle's design) would have been a much better decision.

The problem with ISO driven languages, is who's around in the room when voting takes place.