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

[Chris]

On Tuesday, 13 August 2013 at 01:00:12 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
> 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).

True, true. There weren't many options back in the day. But 
that's no excuse for bad or absurd language design. $asolutely 
$no $need $to $have $a $syntax $like $this =>

At least it does its job ok.