[AnimalMuppet]

But tyfighter has some reason. People take such articles, and use them to beat up anyone writing C++, arguing that they are stupid to use such an undependable tool.

So, yes, people who know what they're doing can ignore such articles, as a first-order effect. But there are second-order effects from such articles, and while they don't change anything, they are rather unpleasant. Hence tyfighter's anger - he gets tired of being on the receiving end of the fallout from such articles.

[rwallace]

I do actually sympathize with that! I tried to keep a level tone, and maximize the ratio of useful information to flame-war ammunition, but that ratio unfortunately has an upper bound well short of infinity.