Comment by daemin

This is another one of those articles saying that people tend to overuse easy-of-programming and language power features to the detriment of speed/efficiency (of compiling and perceived execution) and understanding. While this sort of argument has some merit, in that typically new features are overused just after introduction, it basically relies on the infallibility of the programmer not to make simple mistakes.

To me the trick is not to have magic things in the code, but instead use the language to the best of ones ability to write simple non-magical code. Unlike in the article I include things like smart pointers and the STL as some things helping me do this.