Three Unlikely Successful Features of D

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On 03/20/2012 04:10 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/20/2012 2:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 3/20/12 4:43 PM, 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).
>>
>> Go has slices. (Unlike D slices, they include capacity.)
>
> Can you, in Go:
>
> 1. slice a static string?
> 2. slice any arbitrary data?
>

3. have arbitrary overlapping slices?

OTOH slices in D do have a capacity in some regards in that the GC can 
allow in place extend.