Walter Bright wrote: > bearophile wrote: >> One of the few advantages of D over Python is that in D you are able to >> implement efficient and custom data structures without leaving the D >> language >> itself :-) > > few? > > How about: > > 1. scope guard Agreed
> 2. multithreaded programming (the GIL doesn't count)
Agreed
> 3. inline assembler
I have almost never used inline assembler even in languages that
support it. Of course, this is only a sub-point of your point 6:
using inline assembly in a language as slow as Python would be
completely pointless.
> 4. immutability
> 5. purity
I would not count them as advantages per se. Some of their
consequences might be seen as advantages once we have enough
experience with them.
> 6. far faster performance
Agreed
> 7. RAII
Python has it too (since 2.6 IIRC, see the "with" keyword).
Moreover, Python makes it clear that RAII is happening by requiring
a special syntax at the call point.
> 8. direct interface to C
Cython gives it too: it is as easy to write a Cython interface
module as to write a D interface file for a C library.
> 9. templates
Since Python uses duck typing everywhere, you could argue that
everything in Python is a template.
> 10. CTFE
This is not an advantage per se. It is useful because it allows
generative programming, so see point 11.
> 11. generative programming
Python has that (like most dynamic languages) through "eval".
Well, that makes it 3 valid points out of 11 still ;)
Jerome
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