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

deadalnix deadalnix at gmail.com
Mon Aug 12 18:00:10 PDT 2013


On Monday, 12 August 2013 at 18:57:12 UTC, Chris wrote:
> 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?

Rewind history back to early 2000 and you'll understand. At the 
time, PHP was the best solution (which says more about how bad 
the situation was than how great PHP was :D).


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