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.

>>71
No.
While there's ridiculous choices, they were mostly proposed along the years by some expert programmers. One example is how Modern C++ Design and Effective C++ lead to some practices, libraries and idioms that heavily influenced the TR1. Even with enough care, some verbosity and weird constructs will never be erased of the C++ language.

I really believe that people need redesign and create a completely new language. D and Go were nice attempts, but don't fit my tastes yet.