References in D

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 16-09-2012 01:35, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Saturday, September 15, 2012 16:29:32 Walter Bright wrote:
>> I wouldn't worry about it. I suspect that most C++ programmers think that
>> references cannot be null. C++ is a complex language, and invites
>> assumptions about it that are not so.
>
> It's stuff like that that makes it so that I'll probably never claim that I'm
> an expert in C++ even though I'm probably one of the more knowledgeable about
> it where I work. Even if you think you know it really well, there's always
> _something_ that you miss.
>
> - Jonathan M Davis
>

Now add constant expressions, rvalue references, and move semantics to 
the mix, and understanding C++ suddenly got several orders of magnitude 
harder. ;)

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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