On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:30:21 -0800, Abrahm <abe2...@nospam.net> wrote:
I get the feeling that it is from reading the threads in here. Is there somewhere that has non-trivial D and C++ code that does the same thing, side by side, so that I can evaluate D better? Links if you got 'em please. Maybe even a small entire application would be good to download and perusal. This request really calls for code that is not part of D, so the D front end compiler and the like is inappropriate.
Well, i'd say that this forum can get hypertechnical in a hurry; a lot of the conversation on this forum is directed at making D better, and because of that, threads tend to run down arcane rabbit holes that use code that you will probably never touch. I wouldn't really hold up the threads here as an example of D's readability.
In my experience D is roughly analogous to C# in terms of crypticness and readability, I am here doing long-term evaluations of D as a replacement for C# on my employers projects as we may face power constraints in the future that preclude the use of a JIT'ed language. So far, I like what I've seen.
As for non-trivial code, there are a number of FOSS project lying around, but I don't know of any that have parallel D and C++ implementations; usually the developers have more interesting things to be working on... The best you'll be able to do is probably this page: http://www.d-programming-language.org/cpptod.html It includes some very tricky examples surrounding templates towards the bottom.
-- Adam Wilson Project Coordinator The Horizon Project http://www.thehorizonproject.org/
