C++

[Derek Parnell]

On Sat, 01 Jul 2006 05:47:51 +1000, Deewiant  
<deewiant.doesnotlike.spam at gmail.com> wrote:

> Deewiant wrote:

>
> I found the post in question, BTW. Here's the Google Groups link:
> In summary:
>
> Andrei Alexandrescu says "Why, then, didn't D make const the default?  
> C++ had a
> good reason - C compatibility."
>
> Walter responds: "I should have. Too much water under the bridge for  
> that now."
>
> In the same post Walter also acknowledges that "There has been some talk  
> in the
> D newsgroups of doing that, but it has the potential to be extremely  
> disruptive."

This would be a welcomed disruption as it makes D a much better product. I  
have no problems about retrofitting this sort of change in all my D code.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia