>> I'm sure you'd be seeing the same results by rewriting the project in modern C++ instead of Rust.

I would personally choose Rust over C++. I dislike the number of gotchas that C++ has and I think the language has gotten too big and complex to use safely.

In the article I linked above, the Google Android team stated:

"To date, there have been zero memory safety vulnerabilities discovered in Android’s Rust code."

Their C++ code requires more static analysis tools and fuzzers and does not have a comparable record.

If modern C++ were as safe as Rust then why wouldn't they just use modern C++? It would be a lower effort rewrite and would not need new compilers.