Stroustrup's talk on C++0x

[Charles D Hixson]

eao197 wrote:
> On Mon, 20 Aug 2007 23:26:33 +0400, Robert Fraser 
> <fraserofthenight at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> eao197 Wrote:
>>> ...
> 
> I didn't. From my point of view, permanent envolvement is a main D's 
> problem. I can't start use D on my work regulary because D and Tango is 
> not stable enough. I can't start teach students D because D 1.0 is 
> obsolete and D 2.0 is not finished yet.
> 
> To outperform C++ in 2009-2010 D must have full strength now and must be 
> stable during some years to proof that strength in some killer 
> applications.
> 
To me it seems that D's main current problem is lack of 
dependable libraries.
A secondary problem is lack of run-time flexibility (ala 
Python, etc.), but that may be intractable in a language that 
intends to be fast.

Well... the libraries problem is intractable, also.  Just, 
perhaps, less so.

OTOH, it is crucial that new releases not break working 
libraries.  If they do it will not only prevent the 
accumulation over time of working libraries, but will also 
discourage people from working on them.