A little Py Vs C++

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Fri Nov 2 10:46:43 PDT 2012


On 11/2/12 1:22 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 11/2/2012 2:01 AM, Jens Mueller wrote:
>  > I had the same thought when reading this. Very disappointing. An issue
>  > with zero votes is fixed instead of more important ones.
>
> It's a very fair question.
>
> Manu works for Remedy Games, a developer of hit PC games, such as Max
> Payne and Alan Wake. He champions a team that is investigating
> committing to D for a major new game. This would be a huge design win
> for D, and an enormous boost for D. I view the most effective use of my
> time at the moment is to ensure that they can bet on D and win. Remedy's
> use of D for a high profile product will prove that D is ready and able
> for the big time, and that others can develop using D with confidence.
>
> Nearly all of what he needs the D community needs anyway, such as the
> big push for Win64 support and the SIMD support (more on that in another
> post).

I should add that I'm also totally behind this. When Walter jumped into 
implementing SIMD support on a hunch, I completely disagreed, but that 
was a great decision.

Andrei


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