Python vs D [ was Re: Bartosz about Chapel ]

[Russel Winder]

On Fri, 2011-11-11 at 15:27 +0100, Marco Leise wrote:
[...]
> Just as a historical anecdote: The Delphi inventor (Anders Hejlsberg)  
> switched to Microsoft and was a co-inventor of .NET. Besides Delphi.NET  
> there are Eiffel, Mercury, IronPython, Nemerle, Oberon ... you name it.  
> Maybe I didn't understand what you mean by shedding, though :)

For example IronPython and IronRuby were projects funded by Microsoft
and languages officially blessed by them for use on .NET.  Microsoft
have now terminated funding, and said to anyone using IronPython or
IronRuby "ok folks you are now on your own, go away".

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