Dlang seems like java now,but why not let d more like C# Style?

[Idan Arye via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 16 March 2015 at 12:18:42 UTC, Ellery Newcomer wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 March 2015 at 14:58:54 UTC, Idan Arye wrote:
>>
>> Even if we can't get the lambdas as syntax tress, the fact 
>> that we can send whatever types we want to the delegates and 
>> overload operators and stuff means we can still convert the 
>> lambdas into SQL.
>
> There are limitations on operator overloading that make it much 
> less likely you can use the exact same lambdas for collections 
> and sql. Bad for testability.
>
>> At any rate, I really don't like what C# did with LINQ-to-SQL. 
>> The whole special-syntax to functional-style to syntax-tree to 
>> SQL is too overcomplicated - a simply lisp-style macro 
>> system(like what they have in Scala or Rust) could have done 
>> the trick in a simpler and faster way.
>
> overcomplicated? probably - it's microsoft. And any time I have 
> to manipulate the ASTs I find myself wishing for a language 
> with pattern matching. I wonder if F# offers anything in that 
> regards..

I don't think the problem is the lack of pattern matching. I 
think the problem is that by forcing the query syntax into lambda 
expression syntax, you obfuscate the syntax tree without really 
gaining any value.