On Saturday, September 17, 2011 02:26:12 Xavier wrote: > "Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisp...@gmx.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.2921.1316239886.14074.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... > > > I definitely prefer D to C++, but I honestly think that your hatred of > > C++ > > (which you have expressed on several occasions) clouds your judgement > > on the > > matter. Many, many programmers are fine with C++, and while many > > programmers > > may like C++ to be improved or would like a language that's similar to > > C++ but > > without as many warts, that doesn't mean that they're going to be in a > > hurry > > to try out D. And many, many of the people who have problems with C++ > > use > > languages such as C# and Java instead and are fine with that. D has a > > major > > uphill battle to truly become as relevant as any of those languages are > > regardless of how much better it may be. > > There is something wrong with that last sentence. Especially since in the > preceding material that I snipped, you noted that the compilers for D are > not up to snuff. You seem to be noting its deficiencies but wanting it to > be "better" somehow, maybe for some of it's "neat features"? Perhaps D > just has to grow up before it can battle anywhere, let alone on hills?
The language itself is superior. It's the implementation which has issues, though those have been being resolved at a fairly fast pace of late. - Jonathan M Davis
