OSNews article about C++09 degenerates into C++ vs. D discussion

[Kyle Furlong]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> In real, long lived gc applications I've been involved with, this is 
>> much more of a theoretical problem than an actual one. I found it 
>> surprising how little of a problem it actually was in practice.
> 
> If you found it surprising, then we could consider it legitimate and 
> expected that "the C++ crowd" has a hard time believing this.
> 
> Maybe we should be more vociferous about it. The quote from Don is a 
> good first step.

The problem with this thread is that it is the new guys coming from C++ 
land pitting their conventional wisdom against our experience.

D is not C++. The conventional wisdom you gleaned, your "gut feeling" 
about what is The Right Way(tm), does not necessarily apply here. Please 
leave your bias' at the door, and look at D as what it is, a NEW 
language, with its own character.