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Not at all ! The conclusion is D does not need him. If fact, D should not need someone like him. C++ needs Scott because C++ is not consistant, and with this ta

• jasonlotito 12y ago
  I think that's what "the last Thing D needs" means. Not the final piece. Rather, what people mean when they say "The last thing X needs is Y", they mean that X does not need Y. I make mention of this because the GP comment says the last thing D needs and you say "Not at all" and then go on to say effectively that the last thing D needs is Scott. So, a lot of confusion in terms of wording, I think.
  • Munrek 12y ago
    Indeed, my bad, there is a misunderstanding.
  • yongjik 12y ago
    It's one of those tricky phrases that throws off foreign speakers. Many English learners would assume "the last thing X needs is Y" would mean "eventually X will need Y".
• charlieflowers 12y ago
  Wow, I am pleasantly surprised to hear that Scott Meyers agrees with me on this. I've read 2 of Meyers books (a long time ago, granted), and recently it occurred to me that the reason C++ needs Scott Meyers is that C++ is such a clusterfuck (edit: my word, not Scott's -- I'm in no way trying to put words in his mouth). In no way is that to take away from Meyers. There'd be no hope without him. (And, as he apparently said in this talk, he agrees with me). This is why I place so much hope in Rust. I want a language that lets me control memory that is not a clusterfuck. C will do, actually. But if Rust can pull off its goals, it will be a home run. (D is in the mix too, but from what I hear, the standard library uses relies on GC so much that it's not practical to do much without GC).