OSNews article about C++09 degenerates into C++ vs. D discussion
Walter Bright
newshound at digitalmars.com
Wed Nov 22 02:45:00 PST 2006
John Reimer wrote:
>> Wow that was long, but good, make it an article, Walter?
I think it is good material for an article.
> Concerning D and GC:
>
> The problem is that most D apologists /DO/ advertise D as having the
> best of both worlds when it comes to memory management, but C++ fans are
> bound and determined to see D as practically a GC-only language: the GC
> is one of the first points they always bring up. They keep seeing it in
> the same light as Java and other such languages. It's unfair and
> short-sited, but a typical response.
A common misconception that people have against D is that since D has
core arrays, strings, and complex numbers, that therefore it is not
possible to create user defined types in the library. They'll say things
like "I prefer to use C++ because I can create my own types!" I
patiently explain that this is not so, that there is nothing stopping
one from creating their own user defined D types. And then they come
back a week, a month later and repeat the same misinformation. Sigh.
> If you really take an honest look at OSNEWS posts and others, you will
> realize that some of these people are literally annoyed at D and D
> promoters for a reason deeper and unrelated to the language. You can't
> argue with that. Some good considerations, like Steve's, just doesn't
> hit home with those boys.
That's to be expected. Many people have bet their careers on C++ being
the greatest ever, and nothing can change their mind. D is a personal
affront to them. It doesn't really matter, though, because if you attend
a C++ conference, take a look around. They're old (my age <g>). Someone
once did a survey of the ages of D adopters, and found out they are
dominated by much younger folks.
And that, my friends, is why D is the future.
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