Thinking in Sepples Vol. 2

I have just finished reading part 2 of this book and I feel so fucking disappointed with the whole language. I thought the standard algorithms would let me avoid writing boring loops. I got predicates and funky syntax instead.
I thought more advanced template techniques were an awesome way to keep type-safety. Nobody mentioned there was no way to indicate what methods were needed by the template (aka concepts in C++0xF).

I thought it would be fun to try some more advanced C++ in a project I'm planning. Now it looks like it would be fucking painful. Is there anyone in here with professional C++ experience with those features? Are these features worth using in the long run?

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How about some Common Lisp instead? C++ is wrong in every way: avoid it.