Arrays

[Georg Wrede]

Janice Caron wrote:
> On 29/03/2008, Walter Bright <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
>> What should I say to someone who says something like: "D is
>> unusable because it offers no protection against integer overflows,
>> so I'll stick with C++" ?
> 
> I honestly don't see a problem with the response "C++ can't do that 
> either". That's not C++ bashing, that's challenging an assertion. 

Here I'd agree with you.

> Basically, I disagree with Georg.

However, my exception was to "dismissal by hand waving". (And the above 
context is not what the below one was, to which I did object.)

Walter Bright wrote:
> Benji Smith wrote:
>
>> 3) Array syntax should support both multi-dimensional arrays and jagged arrays:
>>
>>   int[,] multidim = new int[4,5];
>>   int[][] jagged = new int[4][5];
>
> I agree that would be nice, but C++ doesn't do it either.

  - Mom, I wish you'd have ketchup in the fridge.

  - Thad'd be nice, but people in Nepal don't have it either.