In my hiatus from D, I decided to take the plunge and teach myself
Objective-C. This gave me some interesting insights into both
languages. It's so fun, whenever I find another programmer, one of the
first twenty things I say is "have you ever tried Digital Mars D? It
will change your whole life, I swear to you!"
Anyways, I decided to write up a comparison of the two languages from a
less technical, more deployment oriented standpoint. IOW, examining how
well they perform for the last mile of development: deploying software.
As is my general stance, I refuse to downright pick a side - they're
both good languages. But I thought that those of you who put so much
(god-damn heroic) effort into D might appreciate a little critique for a
small bit of perspective.
http://www.fsdev.net/~cmiller/a/20090123_dvobjc.html
Also, I do honor the right of reply. If there's something I have
written that is now incorrect or inaccurate I will of course change my
page to reflect that. Heck, all the comparisons in the world are
worthless if they aren't accurate!
Have a great day, and keep up the good work! I personally can't wait
until D gets to the point that a (total bonehead) like me can install it
on OS X! Alas, right now it seemeth to require more brain cells than I
have at my disposal.
