My Meeting C++ Keynote video is now available

[aberba]

On Monday, 14 January 2019 at 10:06:48 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
> On Monday, 14 January 2019 at 05:31:27 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>
>> When something like an object system is made part of the 
>> language (or at the very least, the standard library), it 
>> becomes a focal point [2] that the community can coordinate 
>> around. Due to the diverse, distributed nature of any 
>> programming-language community, trying to coordinate through 
>> explicit communication is not really a viable option, so 
>> having these kinds of focal points is very important if we 
>> want to be able to work together on anything.
>>
>> [1] http://winestockwebdesign.com/Essays/Lisp_Curse.html
>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)
>
> I think D's structs are a sufficient object system for such a 
> focal point.  With design by introspection, `alias`, templates, 
> `alias this`, `static if`, CTFE, mixins, and a few new D 
> features, classes would be unnecessary.  Rust and Zig are 
> pretty good examples of this.

Do people really use Rust in production beyond the safety die 
hards (of course Mozilla and few uses here and there, mostly C 
guys...lowlevel purists)? Its such a weird,complicated and 
academic lang... doubt it'll ever be mainstream like D is 
supposed to be.