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.

>>24
It's like you said, C++ inherited many things from C, but simplicity. If you look at C, it's pretty minimalist and straightforward. That's why there's new languages aiming to be a C++-- (Java, D), and many programmers (and code) restricted to simpler subsets of the C++ language. A good toolchain really can help, but is it really necessary?
Look at the facts, C++ is old, overcomplicated and ugly. There's so much better languages out there that C++ nowadays is just an alternative to C when coding low-level, performance sensitive or time critical functions.

C++11 fixed some quirks and added some interesting stuff, but C++ needs a lot more to become a lovely language.