D vs C++11

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2012-11-02 18:03, "Erèbe" wrote:
> Hello student here,
>
> I have started to learn D a few months ago with Andrei's book (I really
> liked arguments about design decisions), but as the same time I was
> learning new features of C++11, and now I'm really confused. (As
> learning projects, I've done an IRC Bot in D and an IPv6 stack in C++11)
>
> D is a great language and introduce a lot of features I really like
> (range, property, UFCS, great metaprogramming, ...) but C++11 and the
> new standard librairy are well supported now.
>
> I have some solid experience with C++, so I know how cumbersome C++
> could be (C++11 and universal reference ?), but D has a lot of features
> too and (as C++) a slow learning curve.

I would say that D is fairly scalable in it's set of features. You can 
(mostly) program in D as you would in, say, Java. Then you can start 
bringing in more features of the language as you see fit in your own 
comfortable speed.

> I would like to konw the point of view of the community about C++11 in
> regard of D ? Is the gap between D and C++11 is getting thinner ? Do you
> think D will keep attracting people while at the same time C++11 has
> more support (debugger, IDE, Librairies, Documentation) ?

I would absolutely say that the gap is getting thinner. I would mostly 
say that with C++11 C++ has finally started to catch up with D and the 
rest of the world.

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/Jacob Carlborg