D dropped in favour of C# for PSP emulator

[Timon Gehr]

On 05/12/2012 11:37 AM, Manu wrote:
> On 12 May 2012 12:26, Timon Gehr <timon.gehr at gmx.ch
> <mailto:timon.gehr at gmx.ch>> wrote:
>
>     On 05/12/2012 10:13 AM, Manu wrote:
>
>         On 11 May 2012 21:28, Mehrdad <wfunction at hotmail.com
>         <mailto:wfunction at hotmail.com>
>         <mailto:wfunction at hotmail.com <mailto:wfunction at hotmail.com>>__>
>         wrote:
>
>             Yes, I agree, but consider that D users should NOT have to
>         work with
>             pointers to do something so basic
>
>
>         I'd like to think this were true, but the fact that 'ref' barely
>         works
>         makes this almost immediately false when trying to write any
>         non-trivial
>         program.
>
>
>     It depends on the coding style.
>
>
> If the distinction is whether one likes to have data structures in their
> code or not,

Classes and dynamic arrays can be used to build data structures as well, 
so whether or not you usually use pointers is a matter of style. (FWIW, 
I use them too.)

> I reckon there's a reasonably large user base in the former? :)
> Once you use 'struct' you can't avoid pointers, given that ref just
> doesn't work in many (perhaps most) situations.

The assertion was

"Yes, I agree, but consider that D users should NOT *have to* work with 
pointers *to do something so basic*"