D vs. C#

[Dave]

antonio wrote:
> Frank Benoit (keinfarbton) wrote:
>> I want to write an article about D. Therefore I want to show more
>> details and advantages of D compared to C++, Java and C#. But I never
>> used C#.
>>
>> What are concrete things that are better in D or C#? Can you make 
>> examples?
> 
> best on c#
> 
> framework
> documentation
> debugger
> Microsoft Integrated Developement Environment (IDE :-) )
> 
> Very good "guides" for framework extensibility (ex: connection with a 
> different SGBD are very standardized...you can find really good 
> implementations of ado.net for PostgreSQL, Firebird.  D Database access 
> is ridiculous... because D has not a proposal for standard database 
> connectivity )
> 

What about all of the C DB libs. out there? D can use those whereas C# really can't (well, it could, 
but with poor performance (interop), which would defeat the purpose).

> 
> D:
> *has not an standard framework (has not the "rules" for a standard 
> framework extensibility)
> *documentation:  if you are not talking about D compiler, you have not 
> really "massive" framework/libraries/extensions to document... and the 
> ones you have are poorly documented (forums are the main "documentation" 
> repository)
> *not native debugger.
> *Poor IDEs(syntax highlight and so on... nothing really ).
> 
> 
> D weakness... is just the things you need to be productive:  No one 
> want's to work in a unique framework... in a unique "path"... in a 
> required D-Fundation: D people is more worried about Linux vs Windows 
> than D productivity.
> 

Right, but libraries aside, I think one could be as productive with D as almost any other language 
on Linux where it's pretty common (and often as productive) to just use a good editor as your 'IDE'.

D will probably take hold on Linux faster than in the Windows world for a myriad or reasons anyhow.

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