Firstly, half of the time the guy bitches about flaws with the compiler, and not the languages (Page 0 to 6).

Most of the bitching is about language features which exist. If you don't like auto_ptr then DON'T use auto_ptr! C++ at least allows you to ignore features without paying a penalty. Which is why it has a virtual keyword; and does not make every method virtual like Java.

The at() versus operator[] is also an example of the above: bounds checking can get expensive in a tight loop.

It seems that the author has never seen a large, well-written C++ project. In fact, that is the case with many such C++ bashers (I used to be one too). Once one sees how C++ makes it easy to manage a 500000 line project, they will probably think again.