Is D Language mature for MMORPG Client ?

[bearophile]

Paulo Pinto:

Thank you for your answer, but I think you have missed most 
subtleties of my points.

> I doubt Ada programmers would appreciate any other language, 
> given the type of high security applications Ada is used in.

I was not referring to just Ada programmers, but to programs that 
people *maybe* want to write in Ada.

Programs are not classified in just two groups as "normal" and 
"ultra high integrity". There is a continuum between the quicker 
Perl script and the Shuttle flight control software.


> Even C and C++ have to endure strict regulations to be used in 
> such environments, for example the Auto Industry MISRA standard.

D already contains some rules of those subsets of C and C++, and 
some of those rules are not needed in D because D has other 
features that avoid their need.

D is not like MISRA C but it's generally safer than regular C. A 
stricter subset of D too can be invented.

So, I think D is fit for intermediate projects where you don't 
want to afford the costs of the proved ADA-SPARK subset, but you 
want something a bit safer than plain full C/C++ (this is also 
the main design purpose of Rust language).

If future people will appreciate to use D for such purposes, then 
it's worth tuning a bit D/Phobos for their needs too.

Bye,
bearophile