On Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:59:36 -0500, Bill Baxter <wbax...@gmail.com> wrote:
Looks interesting.
* Uses a module system
* Built-in arrays are value types.
* Python like slice syntx a[lo:hi]
* immutable strings
* switch has no break. Use "fallthrough" to fallthrough.
* Nested functions
* First class tuples ( a,b = func(), a,b=b,a )
* := for assignment
* Uses "var" to declare variables (this was chapmpioned by some here
instead of auto)
* varible type comes after declaration and is optional
* return type of functions comes after parameters
* No Windows port yet. That's going to be a bit of a roadblock to
widespread adoption.
* Iota!?
* ...
There's a lot there that looks either like D or like things people in
the D community have argued for.
And it's got the billion dollar backing of a major company.
--bb
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 6:21 PM, Knud Soerensen
<4tuu4k...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
Google have made a new language.
See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKnDgT73v8s
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* := isn't used for assignment, it's used for automatic type deduction
and assignment:
In Go: t := T(5);
In D: auto t = T(5);
* var is also required for standard, typed variable declaration in
addition to automatic deduction
In Go: var t float;
In D: float t;
* Uses '+' for concatenation
