On Thursday, 29 March 2012 at 10:49:45 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
Le 29/03/2012 11:47, ezdiy a écrit :
Hello,
D syntax being C-ish one is great for oldschool class of
programmers
coming C/C++/Java/C# backgrounds, and although it's quite
conscise one
compared to, eg. javas, it's still much on the overly verbose
side for
some people (ie. at least for me :)
The question is, how one would go around to successfully
implement an
alternative modern syntax to "fix" this. Are there some
attempts out there?
This isn't a problem. Compare how successful
C/C++/Java/C#/PHP/Javascript/Go/Objective-C/ActionScript are
compared to languages with « quite concise » syntax. This is
a no match.
This style has proven to be readable, convenient and many
programmers are used to it. If you want to change that, you
don't only need to prove that another syntax is better, but
also that it is THAT MUCH BETTER that changing what everybody
is used worth it. This sounds difficult to me.
I'm not here to start flame about old vs new, use irc for that :)
Speaking to the point: Delight seems as a nice concept, however
it's awfully implemented (hack of 3years outdated gdc). Such
hacks *must* be implemented as code translators for reasons
you've cited. Ie i can just generate code for people who refuse
to learn something new.
