"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message news:jeb5h6$1c76$1...@digitalmars.com... > Here's an interesting discussion that may reflect the perceptions and > misperceptions about D within the larger community. > > http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/58832/ >
Every time I log in and go to that page it tells me "Sign in or register to post" (yes, even with JS on), so I can't post, but somebody should mention that the custom allocator proves we do care about manual memory management and is also the reason for the delay in getting a collections lib. Also that Andrei, who they seem to know and respect, is actually in charge of Phobos and made Phobos's ranges, which have nicer syntax and semantics than STL iterators. And that D's multi-level, not a high-, low-, or mid-level one-tick pony, and that that's a good thing. And that it's not merely tying to be a C++ alternative, but is *also* trying to be incorporate higher level, like funtional purity and even better metaprogramming. And that Visual-D just had a new release that includes experimental code completion, and that Visual-D and DDT are both rapidly evolving... I was impressed though that none of them seemed to be buying any of the crap that "rapidcoder" was spreading.