Is D the Answer to the One vs. Two Language High ,Performance Computing Dilemma?

Chris wendlec at tcd.ie
Mon Aug 12 11:57:10 PDT 2013


On Monday, 12 August 2013 at 17:23:39 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Monday, 12 August 2013 at 16:58:22 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> On Monday, 12 August 2013 at 16:45:52 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>> unless it's a very specific thing  like web development
>>> where PHP etc are handier.
>>
>> D rox for webdev too :) Only downside is it isn't 
>> pre-installed like php tends to be, but it still rox.
>
> Hehe, sometimes I have the feeling that PHP is only language 
> that does _not_ rock for webdev :) Well, probably with the 
> exception of Brainfuck. No sure about latter though.

PHP is terrible. The fact that you have to mark variables with $ 
is simply ridiculous. PHP is not very exciting. But it does the 
job.  Alas, why do the mediocre solutions always find acceptance?


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