In short, no. It means using the subset of C++ that the author considers good. Obviously that varies a lot. At one extreme you have what is usually referred to

In short, no. It means using the subset of C++ that the author considers good. Obviously that varies a lot. At one extreme you have what is usually referred to as "C with classes": swearing off the use of templates, STL, etc. Having said that, there is some stuff that is almost universally rejected. IIRC Stroustrup himself said the way checked exceptions were introduced to the language was a mistake, for example.