why do you like D?

[janderson]

dominik wrote:
> ok, I am risking of being lame - but I simply had to share this with 
> someone.. here is a small list (not tied to the language itself):
> 
> - every single source code project I have downloaded (or through SVN co) 
> compiled from the first try! (this is what motivated me to post this er.. 
> post).. I know it may sound lame - but this is "big" to me, used to C and 
> C++.. compiling everything from source (including libs), managing linking 
> etc.. everything just worked

I think you where just very lucky.  I agree though, if D wasn't a moving 
target, there are less parameters to configure which makes it much 
easier to get up and running.

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> 
> I code through UEdit32 and compile everything by hand with bud - it just 
> works! My code is an order of magnitude simpler than in C and speed of 
> execution is on par - compile time.. wow
> 
> there is probably more stuff I forgot to write.. but in general, what I 
> think D lacks for broader adoption is one major application or "style" of 
> applications which would bring wider exposition. 
> 
Agreed it needs a foothold somewhere.