Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce at puremagic.com
Tue May 27 13:32:11 PDT 2014


On Tue, 27 May 2014 16:11:12 -0400, w0rp <devw0rp at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 27 May 2014 at 19:43:57 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Tue, 27 May 2014 14:57:46 -0400, w0rp <devw0rp at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That was brilliant. I think Scott made two very good points. D needs  
>>> people like himself to educate others
>>
>> I think you misunderstood that point ;) He was saying to make D so that  
>> we DON'T need specialists like himself that can make a career out of  
>> explaining the strange quirks of D, mostly by not having those quirks  
>> in the first place.
>>
>> -Steve
>
> Oh, I see what he's saying now. The *last* thing. That's... confusing  
> use of English.

Yes, it's a common phrase.

http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/british/the-last-thing-you-want-need-etc

Basically it means something you definitely DON'T need.

-Steve


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