Why I chose D over Ada and Eiffel

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On 26/08/13 09:32, Zach the Mystic wrote:
> One of the theories as to why there are no bears to be found on the African
> continent is that they are omnivores - i.e. generalists - which in a hugely
> competitive environment such as Africa, there is no niche in which they will not
> be beat out by a more specifically adapted animal. My understanding of D is that
> is like a bear, trying to be good at everything. (Maybe that's why bearophile
> likes it so much!)

There were bears in North Africa at least, but they died out fairly recently due 
to human hunting and other bloodsports:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlas_Bear