Actually, I love C and think it is very elegant=P, especially when you read its source code. But my favorite languages are Common Lisp, Ruby and Haskell. Concerning C++, I have to agree with most part of what Steve Yegge said
http://bit.ly/1dUsZsv, although I used it on a daily basis... The only reason I am doing it is because the legacy code of the system is written in C++.