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Dconf 2014 Day 2 Keynote: The Last Thing D Needs -- Scott Meyers
The D Language Foundation
Scott Meyers' keynote at DConf 2014, drawing on 25 years of C++ experience to offer the D language community a plea about what it should avoid. It centers on the accumulated complexity and pitfalls of C++ as a cautionary tale.
HN commenters bring it up whenever C++ complexity or the pitfalls of language design come up, as a witty and authoritative warning.
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