Split digitalmars.D newsgroup into .D and .D2 newsgroups?

[Georg Wrede]

BLS wrote:
> Georg Wrede wrote:
>>
>> It'd be nice if some of them came to this NG.
> 
> will meet one of the leading guys this summer, let's see.

Excellent!!

>> (FWIW, I'd sure prefer to fly with ADA or D, than with C.) :-)
> 
> So you better fly with Boeing !

LOL

> "ASTREE is a static analyzer for C programs that proves the absence of 
> run-time errors in critical embedded software.
> It has been applied to the flight control software of the Airbus 340 and 
> 380 airplanes. "
> 
> ASTREE is written in OCAML.  // http://www.astree.ens.fr/

Yeah. In the old days there was an entire industry selling lint programs 
for C coders, and some of them cost more than a mid-size car.

Then came C++, and the number of code lines written (in several 
languages) for the sole purpose of checking that the C++ program even 
remotely tries to do what it's supposed to, is simply disgusting.

A programming language should make it possible to write code where the 
immediate purpose is clearly visible at a glance. I believe D is such a 
language. A professional programmer who /wants/ to code clearly, can do 
it. But with C++, I really don't think so.