A summary of D's design principles

[Pelle]

On 09/29/2010 01:22 PM, retard wrote:
> Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:00:33 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 17:38:43 -0400, retard<re at tard.com.invalid>  wrote:
>>
>>> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:20:27 -0400, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>>> Does C#
>>> have access to inline assembler? Agreed, it doesn't provide many new
>>> high level features compared to D, but it doesn't have all the
>>> interfaces with raw metal. That makes it higher level language in my
>>> book. It's less dependent on the hardware platform.
>>
>> You mean, C# doesn't provide access to the lower level constructs?  IMO
>> D is at the same level even if it does provide inline assembler.  The
>> simple fact is, you don't *have* to use low level features of D, you can
>> stick to the C#-level constructs.  Hell, you can even write full useful
>> programs in D without ever touching a pointer or inline assembler.
>
> Being a higher level language isn't some positive optimum. I guess part
> of the reason you disagree is that you take everything personally if
> someone is critical towards D. My personal opinion is that D is in many
> cases a *better* language than C# and one of the reasons is that it's a
> lower level language. You can find one definition here:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-level_programming_language
>

Let me provide silly pictures. Ascii, of course.

  D   C#
--- ---  <-- high level
  |   |
  |   |
  |   |
  |  ---
  |
---      <-- low level

D providing lower level features may make it a lower level language, but 
it also might not. :-)

DISCLAIMER: I am wrong.

>> You know, people who like D come to this newsgroup for suggestions,
>> answers, and discussion... about D!
>>
>> So you are surprised when people here post positive things about D?  You
>> know, you are right.  We're all brainwashed, and I think you just saved
>> us.
>
> The logic often goes:
>
> if (post.sender == "retard"&&  post.criticizes("D")) poster.sender.isWrong
> = true;
>
> No matter what I say, I'm always wrong. Even quotes from encyclopedias or
> research papers are more wrong when I share them.

I, for one, think that treating you offensively is silly and wrong. 
Critizising D is a good thing to do.