@MekahimeAkari@lifning "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot; C++ makes it harder, but when you do it blows your whole leg off". -- Real Stroustrup quote, 1986
It's also fascinating to see that Stroustrup's Rule (see https://www.thefeedbackloop.xyz/stroustrups-rule-and-layering-over-time/) applies to text adventure UIs too.
Whilst they have a nice natural language syntax "go west", common commands quickly get abbreviated into something shorter.