C++ is still the best choice

Are most criticisms of C++ thinly veiled, "it's too hard for me" excuses? All my profs speak highly of C++ and emphasize the importance of learning it to make high performance applications. Stack Overflow seems to like it as well.

Why does 4chan hate it so?

>>10
5/10. Would be trolled again.

>>33
protip: I used to write simulations that used gc all day long in university and had no problem churning through the data at reasonable rates

5/10. Would be trolled again.