D vs Java

[kris]

Walter Bright wrote:
> "kris" <foo at bar.com> wrote in message news:4420779B.6020604 at bar.com...
> 
>>It would be more interesting if this were entitled D vs C++. After all, 
>>isn't that (as Mattias indicated) the target "competition" ?
> 
> 
> We've already had those threads in spades <g>. 

True <g>

Did anyone mention DDL? Given that it would make D the only compiled 
language I've heard of with a runtime link-loader, that would seem to 
have some bearing?