"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:jj32l2$1dk$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 3/5/2012 4:27 AM, Jacob Carlborg wrote: >> On 2012-03-05 11:38, Walter Bright wrote: >>> Notably, C and C++ do not do what you suggest. >> >> Just because C and C++ do something in a certain way doesn't make it a >> valid >> reason to do the same thing in D. >> >> I think this is an argument we need to stop using immediately. It just >> shows >> we're stuck in our ways, can't innovate and can't think for our self. > > > Doing things differently than well established practice requires a strong > reason. There are often good reasons for that established practice that > aren't obvious. >
Ok, then what's the strong reason for abandoning the practice here that's been well established by damn near everying other than C/C++?