Why is C++ shit?

CS student here.  C++ is taught as the step-child of C that never had the marketing of Java; and if implemented properly IS the best choice for a project looking for speed and scale. 

So why so much hate?  Are my professors just pundits from the 80's still mad about Java?

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Last time I checked C++ was the grand master of NIH basic classes for data types like strings. Its so bad every library I know of have some sort of ``STL-mode'' #define.