[off-topic] Sony releases PS Vita SDK

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On Thursday, 19 April 2012 at 18:21:30 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> Hi,
>
> just wanted to announce that Sony has finally made the new 
> Playstation
> Vita SDK available, as we were discussing some months ago.
>
> http://www.playstation.com/pss/index_e.html
>
> The gamming industry seems to be slowing moving to C#. Would we 
> still
> be able to convince developers to move to D instead?
>
> --
> Paulo

Yes I believe D will eventually rule in this area, if some of 
it's weaknesses are addressed. People are moving towards C# 
because it's easy and natural to use, while sacrificing very 
little performance or power (see System.Runtime.InteropServices : 
Marshal). Plus, your code is very portable.

D is even more this way. It has very nice syntax, and a wealth of 
productive features for modeling and debugging. What it lacks is 
good (bug-free, full code-completetion, etc) IDE support, cross 
platform compiling (read Android, iOS), and proper documentation 
(it's getting there). Plus I think a few semantic issues could be 
address which would make D easier to swallow at large, but I 
won't reiterate what I've already said on the forums elsewhere.

At the end of the day, it's about what features and benefits a 
language offers to developers. How will switching to D make you 
more productive? I think that pound for pound, D offers more 
usable core features and control than C# does. This is why I'm 
here. However, D can't compete with the level of support C# has 
at the moment. I have confidence D will overcome, but it's an 
uphill battle.