Which D features to emphasize for academic review article

[dennis luehring]

Am 12.08.2012 12:38, schrieb Walter Bright:
> On 8/11/2012 7:30 AM, Jakob Ovrum wrote:
>> Consider `pure` member functions - turns out most of them are actually pure
>> because the implicit `this` parameter is allowed to be mutated and it's rare for
>> a member function to mutate global state, yet we all strive to correctly
>> decorate our methods `pure` when applicable.
>
> A better design would be to have pure be the default and impure would require
> annotation. The same for const/immutable. Unfortunately, it's too late for that
> now. My fault.

its never to late - put it back on the list for D 3 - please
(and local variables are immuteable by default - or seomthing like that)