Three Unlikely Successful Features of D

[Geoffrey Biggs]

On Mar 21, 2012, at 6:43 AM, Walter Bright wrote:

> On 3/20/2012 12:02 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> What are your faves? I have a few in mind, but wouldn't want to influence answers.
> 
> Although array slices have been in D nearly since the beginning, I had little idea they would become so darn useful and foundational. They originated from an idea by Jan Knepper.
> 
> The unexpected utility of them explains why they haven't appeared in other languages (yet).

Python has had slices since at least 2000. I can't imagine using Python without them, and I always miss them when using languages such as C++. D providing slices in a compiled, system programming language is a massive advantage over other such languages.

Geoff