Rust and D

[Walter Bright]

On 9/29/2012 5:05 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> There's two ways to interpret this sentence:
>
> 1. You claim it is okay to reject Go because it differs from other statically
> typed languages, or
> 2. You claim that all statically typed languages must have generics to be worth
> using.
>
> I hope it is not 1, and if it is 2 then again, I find this incredibly
> unimaginative.

Is it really? For example, all modern cars use fuel injection. That doesn't make 
carbureted cars unusable, I've driven them just fine for decades, but I sure do 
prefer fuel injection. Most people prefer it so much that you can buy fuel 
injection kits to replace the carburetors on most older cars.

I would not buy a new car with a carburetor.

Same goes for electronic ignition. Man, is that better than the old points/dwell 
system.