I think the author is saying that for what C++ is used for, its backwards compatibility with C is an anti-feature, because it's too low-level. That doesn't mean

I think the author is saying that for what C++ is used for, its backwards compatibility with C is an anti-feature, because it's too low-level. That doesn't mean C is a bad language if you want or need that low level of control, just that modern systems programming should be using a higher level of abstraction which can be more efficiently optimized.