Why I Like D

[Paulo Pinto]

On Friday, 14 January 2022 at 02:13:48 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 14, 2022 at 01:19:01AM +0000, forkit via 
> Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: [...]
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> How is using D "losing autonomy"?  Unlike Java, D does not 
> force you to use anything. You can write all-out GC code, you 
> can write @nogc code (slap it on main() and your entire program 
> will be guaranteed to be GC-free -- statically verified by the 
> compiler). You can write functional-style code, and, thanks to 
> metaprogramming, you can even use more obscure paradigms like 
> declarative programming.
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When languages are compared in grammar and semantics alone, you 
are fully correct.

Except we have this nasty thing called eco-system, where 
libraries, IDE tooling, OS, team mates, books, contractors, .... 
are also part of the comparisasion.

And in that regard it doesn't matter how great D is against C# 
10, if C# 10 gets me 90% there with a legion of libraries, IDE 
tooling, OS, team mates, books,.... to help me getting there. 
Using C# version explicitly here, because since C# 7 the language 
has grown multiple features that used to be only on the D's side 
of the comparisasion.

Naturally C# 10 was only an example among several possible ones, 
that have a flowershing ecosytem and keep getting the features 
only D could brag about when Andrei's book came out 10 years ago.