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.

>>220
tail calls in Clojure are merely explicit, not non-existent.
At least one of the following are true:
1) You don't know what I'm talking about
2) You don't know what you're talking about