The problem (as if there's only one!) is that the c++ committee members only have one thing in common: They hate C!
No, they all like C++, that's the one thing in common.
So you get a mix of people trying to bolt their favorite features from cobol, haskell, java, etc onto C. You know, to improve it.
You're an idiot and you've never clearly never followed the C++ standards committee process. Basically you're bitter because...
Maybe they should just stick to their failed language and leave the rest of us alone? ...you are actually a genuine failuer. By the way, branding one of the most successful computer languages of the present day and all time as a "failure" does indeed make you look ignorant and bitter.
The second problem (as if there were only two!) is that they don't update the language to reflect what people what people are doing with it,
It's a balancing act. No one likes to use nonstandard features. They then add reatures which make writing the type of code that people actually write easier. So they do add features that reflect what people are doing with it.
That means adding features that no compiler can implement (like exported templates) or feature nobody can or should use (like std::vector or cout/cin)
My god, you're taking a few missteps from 16 years ago as why the committee today is bad? Is that the best you can do seriously?
And the only reason they put exported templates in is becuase of all the users clamouring for it.
Of course they're still full of dumb ivory tower ideas like adopting cairo.
Bsaically I've come to the conclusion that anyone using the phrase "ivory tower" is an angry, bitter, twisted person. Most likely both opinionated and stupid, but angry because no one will listen to their whitterings.