It sounds like the D PL has invented the range idiom unlike any other PL.
Since the dawn of PL's, which must be about 50 years now since Lisp for example, it is hard to imagine a new PL inventing a completely new idiom as "ranges" seem to purport. Given the many academic arguments for ranges as opposed to iterators, why is it that the D PL seems to be the major if not only sponsor of the range idiom? Is D really taking the lead here and is it likely that other PL's will eventually take D's lead? Cheers Justin Johansson
