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I think that's the thing, C++ is so broad. It's like many languages together. It's complex with lots of implicitness yet unsafe. There is loads of support in compilers and tools to mitigate that, but that's treatment not cure.
I think the same could be said about C now too, it is continuing to evolve itself with newer standards too just like C++. People choose to only use C features that they want, same goes for C++.
And that is true of any language, but C++ is without doubt one of the broadest. There are very different ways of working with it that compile very differently.
Is that really such a bad thing though?
Yes. Too much for people to learn, so they make mistakes. I've seen compilers get confused with C++. Though it was MS's....
If a language isn't tight, it should at least be safe. C++ is neither. You can do anything with it, but I don't think it's ever really a good tool for a particular job.