Why we chose not to use D for our Linux project

[BCS]

Reply to Chris,

> UML class diagrams and UML sequence diagrams are not design; they are
> programming. Programming in a language with no compiler, programming
> without including your core algorithms, programming without any tests.
> There's no way in hell you can verify your design will be even
> remotely close to something that can work.
> 
> You can safely and usefully design at a higher level before writing
> any code, but not on the class level.
> 

I beg to differ. The one and only time I used UML it was very useful. It 
helped me track a number of aspects of the design and brought to light a 
number of deficiencies. I'd say UML is a design "tool" but in the way that 
Word or a pad of paper can be, as an aid to documentation.