The Next Big Language

[Lutger]

retard wrote:

> Thu, 21 Oct 2010 16:00:11 -0400, Gary Whatmore wrote:
> 
>> What's the difference between:
>> 
>> type polymorphism
>> parametric polymorphism
>> ad-hoc polymorphism
>> generics
>> c++ templates
>> d style templates
>> other templates (are there?)
>> 
>> Does Java and C# have type polymorphism or generics or templates? What's
>> the real name and how to compare? Is D most expressive? I bet it is.
> 
> If I remember correctly, there used to be a comparison chart in the
> digitalmars website that made D look better than all other languages. I
> made a new version http://pastehtml.com/view/1bkw27w.html -- feel free to
> correct any errors. The main idea was to give some idea of the features
> there could be in D.

There is also a bigger one in the wiki:

http://www.wikiservice.at/d/wiki.cgi?LanguagesVersusD