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I will never question that he knows language and its obscurities, but real world in his case is even more different. Scott Meyers is a C++ guy. I will bet that

I will never question that he knows language and its obscurities, but real world in his case is even more different. Scott Meyers is a C++ guy. I will bet that nowadays most of C++ programmers are in game development, HFT or other computationally expensive performance oriented areas, and there is this data-oriented design movement which goes against almost everything he ever said. There are entire constructs of language he is proficient in that are never used in real world.

maxxxxx 9y ago
Back then I was at a C++ shop. He definitely knew how to deal with practical problems and wasn't just a language geek. This was more than 10 years ago so a lot of ideas from then are not fashionable anymore.
blub 9y ago
Data-oriented programming is just one optimisation technique, not a revolutionary design movement.