Why I (Still) Won't Use D

[Michiel Helvensteijn]

Walter Bright wrote:

> making for 18 character types! Next, we have char[], vector<char>, and
> string<char>, making for 54 string types, more than half of which are
> implementation defined.

vector<char> is a silly example and you know it. You could have made your
point just fine with only 36 string types. :-)

I have to agree that C++ has a lot of baggage because of its backward
compatibility. It is its greatest strength and its greatest weakness.

-- 
Michiel