virtual-by-default rant

[F i L]

On Friday, 23 March 2012 at 13:58:00 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 03/23/2012 02:47 PM, F i L wrote:
>> ...  and most programmers are already used
>> to fixed by default anyways.
>>
>
> This assertion is unjustified.

Given that the four most popular languages today (Java, C, C++, 
and C#) all function this way, I'd say it's fairly accurate. But 
I also didn't to say Final by default should be default in D 
(though I wouldn't really disagree with that direction either), I 
do think D should have a virtual keyword.