Zoran Isailovski:
> I like the approach of Ada, Oberon, and (I think) Modula-3 - all of which 
> have successfully been used for system programming - in that they allow 
> unsafe constructs ONLY in modules specifically marked as "unsafe".<

This is already becoming true in the last version of DMD. But I don't like this 
solution. See the main D newsgroup, I'm about to post a note there.


> I think, providing unsafe features through clumsy syntax makes things worse, 
> because it reduces readability where readability is most wanted - in 
> sensible, unsafe places (think "code reviews").<

I agree. But the situation isn't that bad.

Bye,
bearophile

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