D - more or less power than C++?

[Sebastián E. Peyrott]

In article <duhcek$d8f$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Don Clugston says...
>
>Jeremy wrote:
>> In article <duab09$1arn$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Walter Bright says...
>>> 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++
>>> I see this often and am a bit perplexed by it. What power do you feel is 
>>> missing?
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> What does D have to do to have more power than C++? 
>>>
>> 
>> I'm not a power programmer, so I can't talk much about what their needs are --
>> it sounds like you've already gotten some good input on what could make it more
>> powerful. However, I think D is already powerful enough to be a big hit.
>> 
>> I'm going to go out on a limb and say Java isn't nearly as powerful as C/C++ is,
>> but Java is more popular than C++ (according to http://www.tiobe.com/tpci.htm).
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>Hey, D is in #21, ahead of Ruby and Fortran! It's almost achieved 'B' 
>status. Although I doubt that index is very reliable. :-)
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>Once D gets IFTI it will be more powerful than C++0x in most respects.
>The ability to make lightweight classes is the only other area where I 
>think C++ could claim a significant advantage.
>
>I think we'll soon reach the point where D is completely limited by 
>libraries and IDE-type issues. Walter will probably get a bit frustrated 
>at that point, because he won't be able to do much about it...
>

"Although I doubt that index is very reliable. :-)"
Basic #5? What the...?

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Sebastián.