A summary of D's design principles

[Walter Bright]

retard wrote:
> FWIW, if you're picking up one of the most used languages out there, 
> their list won't differ that much:

Exactly. Much of that can be summed up as D being intended for professional 
production use, rather than:

1. a teaching tool (Pascal)
2. a research project (Haskell)
3. being focussed on solving one particular problem (Erlang)
4. designed to promote a related product (Flash)
5. designed for kids (Logo)
6. designed for non-programmers (Basic)
7. one paradigm to rule them all (Smalltalk)
8. gee, math is hard (Java)
9. implementing skynet (Lisp)