The statement you quoted is simply a fact, not badmouthing. If there is any badmouthing by implication, it wouldn't be "all" C++ developers, just those who don

The statement you quoted is simply a fact, not badmouthing. If there is any badmouthing by implication, it wouldn't be "all" C++ developers, just those who don't realize they're doing something spooky when their code looks like Foo *foo = new Foo.