The proper case for D.

[Steve Teale]

Adam D. Ruppe Wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 03:00:17PM -0400, Steve Teale wrote:
> > Can this group come up with a proper, sober (OK, I'm not), case for D.
> 
> It is a better C; D is what C++ wishes it was.
> 
> My biggest love of D is two words: nested functions. I tend to write it
> as if it was just C with the suck yanked out.
> 
> D2 is a better D1; you can write it in a similar way, but get even more
> help from the compiler to catch errors.
> 
> D is the safe AND convenient language.
> 
> > There isn't a decent debugger for either Windows or Linux. 
> 
> I find gdb works well enough for me on linux. I use the -gc "pretend to
> be C" option. But I rarely really need the debugger, thanks to the compiler.
> 
> -- 
> Adam D. Ruppe
> http://arsdnet.net

Yes, you're right about not needing a debugger. Walter's compilers have always given you a good idea of where you should look. But there are lots of potential users who do not know how to debug without an IDE debugger. After all, the seat-of-the-pants way is quite hard work.