The problem with C++ is not just bad implementation. Nowadays we have excellent, standard-compliant compilers for C++ but there are still rough edges. For example, the amount of garbage you get from template errors. You can "learn" to live with that, but it is something broken in the language, which won't be solved quickly. The amount of care you need to to write correct exception-based programs is another. And the failure of exceptions on method signatures show how we should really avoid some of C++ features.