The Next Big Language

retard re at tard.com.invalid
Fri Oct 22 00:47:42 PDT 2010


Fri, 22 Oct 2010 09:22:52 +0200, Lutger wrote:

> 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

Ah, the good old comparison chart. Gotta make my version longer.


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