why do you guys hate c++?

apparently one of you was in /v/ a day ago going on a little tirade against c++. why would it be so popular if there was "absolutely nothing good about it" like you said?

I dont think its a matter of hating C++, C++ is pretty much the only game in town as far as writing large scale compile-to-platform apps. I think the problem is that OOP got oversold in the 90s as "an improved methodology of programming". OOP is just a tool that fits certain situations, it doesnt improve anyones ability to program, it certainly does not make the procedural programming of C obsolete but is really an extension of it. Classes are just structs with functions added as a data type. People who blindly accept OOP in Java invariably end up writing bloated and over complicated programs and then blame C++ for being a over complicated language. There is too much hype surrounding C++ to prevent this from happening. Only the smart people will discover K&R and use that as a foundation to understanding C++.