That was rather bogus. Sure, destructors are horribly complex in their interaction with all of the other horribly complex C++ features. But unless I'm reading it wrong, Aughey wasn't suggesting using all those other features.
If you have some reasonable self-control, it is quite reasonable to use C++ as a small superset of C.
If you have some reasonable self-control, it is quite reasonable to use C++ as a small superset of C.