Is D more cryptic than C++?

[Adam Wilson]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:30:21 -0800, Abrahm <abe2007 at nospam.net> wrote:

> I get the feeling that it is from reading the threads in here. Is there
> somewhere that has non-trivial D and C++ code that does the same thing,
> side by side, so that I can evaluate D better? Links if you got 'em
> please. Maybe even a small entire application would be good to download
> and perusal. This request really calls for code that is not part of D, so
> the D front end compiler and the like is inappropriate.
>
>

Well, i'd say that this forum can get hypertechnical in a hurry; a lot of  
the conversation on this forum is directed at making D better, and because  
of that, threads tend to run down arcane rabbit holes that use code that  
you will probably never touch. I wouldn't really hold up the threads here  
as an example of D's readability.

In my experience D is roughly analogous to C# in terms of crypticness and  
readability, I am here doing long-term evaluations of D as a replacement  
for C# on my employers projects as we may face power constraints in the  
future that preclude the use of a JIT'ed language. So far, I like what  
I've seen.

As for non-trivial code, there are a number of FOSS project lying around,  
but I don't know of any that have parallel D and C++ implementations;  
usually the developers have more interesting things to be working on...  
The best you'll be able to do is probably this page:  
http://www.d-programming-language.org/cpptod.html It includes some very  
tricky examples surrounding templates towards the bottom.

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Adam Wilson
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The Horizon Project
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