D vs. C#

[Walter Bright]

David Brown wrote:
> It's still a VM advantage.  It helps the model where there are many
> developers who only distribute binaries.  If they are distributing for a
> VM, they only have to distribute a single binary.  Otherwise, they still
> would have to recompile for every possible target.

With a portable language, it is not necessary to distribute binaries. 
You can distribute the *source* code! Then, the user can just recompile 
it on the fly (this can be automated so the user never has to actually 
invoke the compiler). Just like how Javascript is distributed as source.