Feq questions about the D language

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 3/11/12 5:37 PM, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 03/11/2012 10:57 PM, Caligo wrote:
>> And just for the record, there are software projects that are millions
>> of lines of code in C/C++ and have ZERO workarounds. Also, I have
>> never encountered a bug in GCC when programming in C++, even when
>> trying out the latest C++11.
>
> I have encountered bugs in both GCC and Clang.
> Without using any C++11 features, and even though I don't use C++
> regularly.

We at Facebook found a bunch of gcc bugs for each release we've used, 
and have known workarounds. I'd find it surprising if a large C++ 
project didn't fit the same pattern.

At any rate, the comparison is rigged because C++ is much more mature 
and invested in.


Andrei