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.

just look at "the c programming language" book and "the c++ programming language" book. one is rather concise, the other goes on and on forever with millions of keywords, rules and exceptions to rules that you will never fully understand. it's madness.