Adrian Mercieca: Welcome here.
> We have great experience/investment in C++, so D seems - from what I've > seen so far - as the logical step; Maybe. > D seems to me to be as C++ done right. "C++ done right" was one of the main purposes for D design :-) > I'm also looking at Go in the process, but Go seems to be more of a 'from > C' progression, whilst D seems to be the 'from C++' progression. Go and D are quite different. You will probably need a short time to find what do you need more among the two. There is also C# Mono. > I am only worried about 2 things though - which I've read on the net: There are other things to be worried about :-) > 1. No 64 bit compiler It's in development for Linux. It will come, it already compiles some code. > 2. The Phobos vs Tango issue: is this resolved now? This issue represents > a major stumbling block for me. The Phobos vs Tango issue is essentially a D1 issue. If you are interested in D2 then Phobos is going to be good enough. Bye, bearophile