John Reimer wrote:
Hello Tim,
Yigal Chripun Wrote:
personally I don't see a point in JVM/.NET - One of the best things
about D is that you get the ease of use of Ruby/python/etc with the
benefits of native compiling like in c/c++. Why throw that away and
make yet another version of Java/C# ?
Supporting .net would give you access to the most modern and probably
best-currently-supported Windows API. It would, if you counted Mono,
add a very nice cross-platform UI framework. Finally, depending on
what version was supported, it might enable you to write Silverlight
apps in D, permitting flash-like apps that run cross-functionally in a
web browser.
TK
Agreed.
D may be successful in areas we don't necessarily predict or prefer, and
.NET is just one of several interesting possibilities to explore.
Therefore, I don't think we should get too tunnel-visioned about "D is
better because it's a compiled language".
I agree. I don't see the point of VM's, but D should be better because
it's a better language. Not because of how the compiler is implemented.
