Peter Alexander Wrote: > On 25/07/10 12:11 PM, levenshtein wrote: > > Walter Bright Wrote: > > > >> Justin Johansson wrote: > >>> It sounds like the D PL has invented the range idiom unlike any other PL. > >> > >> Pointer programming is deeply embedded into the C++ culture, and iterators > >> segue > >> nicely into that culture. For D, however, programming revolves around > >> arrays, > >> and ranges fit naturally into that. > >> > >> It'll take years, but I'll be very surprised if ranges don't filter into > >> many > >> major languages, as well as other ideas that D has proven to be solid. > > > > At least the C++ fellows already stole your 'auto' type inference and the > > new template functionality. C# stole your delegate system. They even use > > the same terms. The world dominance already started. > > Not to belittle D, but type inference was around long before D came on > the scene, and I don't think they got the use of the auto keyword from D > (auto was already an (essentially unused) keyword in C++).
Type inference might have been around, but I believe it was A. Alexandrescu's influence that made C++0x adopt the same 'auto' keyword for type inference. You can see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C++0x#Type_inference It's essentially copied from D. Seems funny, but the mighty C++ committee is actually listening to us.
