Bartosz about Chapel

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Le 12/11/2011 17:27, Timon Gehr a écrit :
>> I tend to believe D is conceptually more complex than C++. Which means
>> it allows for more expressivity.
>
> What makes you think it is conceptually more complex? Most features that
> make D more expressive than C++ are conceptually very simple. And what
> is conceptually simple in D is usually also implemented in a simple way
> (as opposed to C++).
>
>
I think D's type system is more advanced and more detailed than C++ or 
as any C derived language. This takes a while to grok. Of course, I 
guess at the beginning one can program in D with only a subset of the 
language.

>> But it has far fewer warts and a simpler syntax.
>> I believe it takes as much time to learn D than to learn C++ (i.e at
>> least 6 months), but you end up writing more secure and more powerful
>> code.
>
> I'd claim that nobody fully understands C++. On the other hand, one gets
> quite close to fully understanding D in a relatively short time span.

I agree with your claim for C++. Still, D2 is a "big" language.