Design Patterns == weakness in language

[Walter Bright]

Brad Anderson wrote:
> This might be a bit OT, but I often wonder if D is going to succeed C/C++/Java
> long-term given that it's not abstracting away a majority of known design
> patterns.  Or, maybe that's just D 2.0 and we need to be patient.  <g>
> 
> http://newbabe.pobox.com/~mjd/blog/2006/09/11/#design-patterns

I've found that when I translate straightforward C++ code into 
straightforward D code, the size of the (source) code drops 30%. That 
means that D *is* abstracting away commonly used C++ patterns.