Why is C++...

...so bad? Why does it have such a bad reputation?

I'm an experienced C++ programmer and, while the language has warts, I can't understand the reason for the enormous amount of criticism against the language.

I'd like to hear the honest opinions of /prog/rammers in this regard.

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The rumor is that they actually resorted to implementing Lisp for some of it
I thought that was just PG's guess because he couldn't imagine how they'd do some of what he did without dark macrology. I know nothing of his coding skills, and I usually don't write macros because they aren't needed often, and since he agrees they aren't needed often and still felt the need to use them, I'd guess that his guess is probably correct. Sometimes you just need a fucking macro and C++ metaprogramming is a fucking joke.