But ultimately, as long as it lacks memory safety, it lives in a mostly parallel universe from Java and everything else. It's not really becoming more Java-like. It's becoming more C++-like. C++0x goes in the direction of having better support for existing C++ idioms.
I don't get your point. If A lives in a parallel universe from B, then B lives in a parallel universe from A.
I think what the grandparent wanted to say is that memory management is a defining difference between the paradigms of both languages. There are some people who value the fact that they have full control over allocation and de-allocation and others who think that these are things the programmer shouldn't (have to) care about, because they're known to be error prone.
The original parent said "Java and everything else", leaving an implication that unmanaged memory stuff was marginal. I think that's what the gp is addressing.
But ultimately, as long as it lacks memory safety, it lives in a mostly parallel universe from Java and everything else. It's not really becoming more Java-like. It's becoming more C++-like. C++0x goes in the direction of having better support for existing C++ idioms.