Does D have too many features?

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Mon Apr 30 15:16:02 PDT 2012


On Monday, 30 April 2012 at 19:50:36 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
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> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned opApply. That was a good 
> idea at the time, but Ranges are a superior solution. I'd like 
> to see new code not use opApply. It's a dead end, though it'll 
> still be supported for a long time.

Both internal and external iteration have their pros and cons. It 
doesn't make sense to claim one is superior to the other.

Ranges are more appropriate for serial code whereas internal 
iteration is better suited for concurrent code.


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