retard wrote:
FWIW, if you're picking up one of the most used languages out there, their list won't differ that much:
Exactly. Much of that can be summed up as D being intended for professional production use, rather than:
1. a teaching tool (Pascal) 2. a research project (Haskell) 3. being focussed on solving one particular problem (Erlang) 4. designed to promote a related product (Flash) 5. designed for kids (Logo) 6. designed for non-programmers (Basic) 7. one paradigm to rule them all (Smalltalk) 8. gee, math is hard (Java) 9. implementing skynet (Lisp)
