C++ hatred

Why is C++ hated so much here in /prog/? Many good software are written in C++.

I'm aware that there are some problems in the language and it is considered "hard" to master it, but why do so many people hate it? What harm has it done?

Software can be written much quicker when using some scripting languages like Python. Software can be writte slightly quicker when using some managed language like Java. But when using those languages, the resulting program will require more resources to run. So there is place for C++.

For example, I bet the web browser of 99% people browsing /prog/ is written in C++. It's not perfect language, but it is the best language for complex program with relatively small CPU and RAM requirements.

So in these threads (amongst others) kodak has posted as matth@eecs.berkeley.edu: http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1324419483, http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1325107881, http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1324479655 and http://dis.4chan.org/read/prog/1322249677

Now if you do a little digging you'll find that the mail belongs to a certain Matthew Harren. I don't know if kodak knows this person or not but I'm not taking any chances, I'm going to write a concerned mail to this Matthew Harren, and to someone who knows Matthew Harren in case it's actually him, I'm also going to mail Kodak that I'm very concerned about one of their employees, that they might be suicidal and I'll include as many details as possible about him.

Don't worry kodak, you will be saved!