[agwa]

> C++11 certainly introduced very few necessary features

I have to ask whether you've actually done any significant amount of programming in C++, both C++11 and pre-C++11.

[TillE]

Honestly, it seems like the people who complain loudest about C++ have barely used it. C++11 is fantastic. C++14 and beyond are quite exciting as well.

I'd avoid Alexandrescu-style template trickery unless you really truly need it, though. You can write good C++ that more or less resembles Java, and that's fine.

[pfultz2]

> You can write good C++ that more or less resembles Java

That doesn't sound like good C++. Making everything a pointer or implementing polymorphism through pointers makes the code harder to reason about, and makes tighter coupling between interfaces and implementations.

[noobermin]

Not to act too serious about nicks here, but his/er handle is "C--", after all.