I had a conversation with two developers at work were trying to convince me that C++ 11/14 feels like a totally different language and a lot more enjoyable to work with. While I wasn't sold I did make a mental note to take look with an open mind.
It's true. But bad stuff is still there for you to (ab)use. I don't like C++ because (at this point at least) it's not opinionated enough. 10 ppl can write 10 completely foreign (in terms of feel) pieces of code and all of them would be correct in some sense of the word.