Discussion about D at a C++ forum

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
news:jeb5h6$1c76$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Here's an interesting discussion that may reflect the perceptions and 
> misperceptions about D within the larger community.
>
> http://www.cplusplus.com/forum/lounge/58832/
>

Every time I log in and go to that page it tells me "Sign in or register to 
post" (yes, even with JS on), so I can't post, but somebody should mention 
that the custom allocator proves we do care about manual memory management 
and is also the reason for the delay in getting a collections lib.

Also that Andrei, who they seem to know and respect, is actually in charge 
of Phobos and made Phobos's ranges, which have nicer syntax and semantics 
than STL iterators.

And that D's multi-level, not a high-, low-, or mid-level one-tick pony, and 
that that's a good thing.

And that it's not merely tying to be a C++ alternative, but is *also* trying 
to be incorporate higher level, like funtional purity and even better 
metaprogramming.

And that Visual-D just had a new release that includes experimental code 
completion, and that Visual-D and DDT are both rapidly evolving...

I was impressed though that none of them seemed to be buying any of the crap 
that "rapidcoder" was spreading.