So... the main argument is that we can use "struct" instead of "class" so class is useless and awful, and that using "class" is brain-dead? And the author cites

So... the main argument is that we can use "struct" instead of "class" so class is useless and awful, and that using "class" is brain-dead? And the author cites that use of class is absurd because it makes the default access-specifier "private", thus leading to more code? Ok for a minute lets consider what this "more" code is. It is simply: "public:" when you want to start specifying the public members. You can even do this at the very start if you want ALL members to be public. Now lets compare this to java or C# where (to the best of my knowledge), there isn't the ability to say "from here on, all members are private/public" and thus you have to give access specifier with EVERY member. So the author can't be bothered to write "public:" once, but is ok writing public with EVERY member? Now THAT is absurd.