See Sharper, See D

[Bent Rasmussen]

A presentation by Anders Heilsberg on the future of C# that could be 
mistaken as a deconstruction of D 2 and its feature set: const correctness, 
pure functions, un/sharing, etc. There is also the mention of interleaving 
of dynamic and static code, an attempt to assimilate the strengths of some 
dynamic languages.

http://jaoo.blip.tv/#1324214

D is included in the sides towards the end, along with some other popular or 
emerging languages, like Fortress.

One point made by Anders, when talking about F#, is how it reverses the 
trend of variance over invariance (or mutability over immutability, if you 
will). Ain't the future of "immutable everywhere" blissful (if only we 
didn't have to type it). Serial language designers and computational 
theologists rejoice.

Anyway, it's great to see the same powerful ideas being woven into the 
fabric of mainstream programming. New hybrids, new mutants and in some 
cases, new monsters.

- Bent