D - more or less power than C++?

[AgentOrange]

In article <duab09$1arn$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
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>I started a new thread for this:
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>"Mike Capp" <mike.capp at gmail.com> wrote in message 
>news:dua67i$12cr$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>> 7. D has all (well, most of) the power of C++
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>I see this often and am a bit perplexed by it. What power do you feel is 
>missing?
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>And what about the missing power in C++ - inline assembler, nested 
>functions, contract programming, unit testing, automatic documentation 
>generation, static if, delegates, dynamic closures, inner classes, modules, 
>garbage collection, scope guard?
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>What does D have to do to have more power than C++? 
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compile time reflection/metaprotocol suport for the win.