Python-like tabs instead of curley brackets?

[Chris Nicholson-Sauls]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Perspective is a funny thing. Many years ago, the appliances in my 
> kitchen were old and cruddy, and I thought it might be time to do a 
> kitchen remodel. So I hired this high end kitchen design outfit. They 
> came in, and designed an absolutely stunning kitchen. So I showed the 
> design to my dad. He told me I'd be sorry if I went ahead with the 
> project, because the kitchen would look so good the rest of the house 
> would look like garbage. Whereas I was satisfied with the rest of the 
> house, I wouldn't be after the remodel. I think he was right, and I 
> canceled the project.
> 
> So how does this relate to D? The best compliment on D I received a 
> while a go started by cussing me out. The person had used D for a while, 
> and then went back to C++. He found that whereas he was perfectly happy 
> with C++ before, he couldn't write C++ any more. D had ruined his taste 
> for it <g>.
> 

I can relate to the poor guy.  I started out, many a moon ago, bashing out BASIC/1a on a 
Trash-80.  (Model 4P, for those who know.)  Took a course on C/C++ in high school, went 
along with that for a few years.  Then took up Java because, at the time, I was doing 
mostly very small GUI convenience apps.  Then (gosh, has it been that long?) I came across 
D (0.49).  (Don't even remember how I found it!)  I played around with it, doing random 
silly things for a week or two, and put it aside.  About that time, I took a little 
vacation, so to say... I did peek back every now and then at the change log, just to see 
if that "interesting little language idea was going anywhere."  Come 0.63, I 'converted' 
and haven't looked back since.  I wanted so badly to get away from Java's VM-hell (yes I 
know, its all improved vastly over time, but still) but just couldn't swallow C++ at all 
anymore, I'd actually started pondering on my /own/ new language idea... just to realize I 
was practically making a substandard D anyhow.

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls