System programming in D (Was: The God Language)

Timon Gehr timon.gehr at gmx.ch
Wed Jan 4 15:17:14 PST 2012


On 01/04/2012 07:53 PM, Manu wrote:
> Oh, and virtual-by-default... completely unacceptable for a systems
> language. most functions are NOT virtual, and finding the false-virtuals
> while optimising will be extremely tedious and time consuming. Worse, if
> libraries contain false virtuals, there's good chance I may not be able
> to use said library on certain architectures (PPC, ARM in particular).
> Terrible decision... completely contrary to modern hardware design and
> trends. Why invent a 'new' language for 10 year old hardware?
>

If you don't need virtual functions don't use classes.


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