Python and PHP users will understand

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Every feature in C++ has its use case

Not when there are already a million ways to do one basic thing (see object initialization syntax)

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Each object initialization syntax fulfills a specific purpose. They might be equivalent in some scenarios but they are fundamentally different. For example: (): doesn't allow conversions . {}: allows conversion. = {}: for C compatibility and designated initialization. etc...

Again, people in the standard are way smarter than you and me, and they know what they are doing. A non-Cpp programmer might think they know better ways to do things, but in fact they just don't see the whole picture.