D component programming is a joke (Was: Re: Component programming)
bearophile
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Wed Jul 31 18:40:22 PDT 2013
Walter Bright:
> Speed is only one measure of utility.
I agree, I program often in Python, and it can be very useful,
despite being sometimes not fast at all.
But as Haskell folks sometimes say, a modern language should try
to allow a high level style of coding while still keeping a "good
enough" efficiency.
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Justin Whear:
> I hadn't realized how bug-prone non-trivial loops tend to be
> until I started writing this way and avoided them entirely.
I agree.
> Thus far, I don't think I've rewritten anything out of the
> component programming style, so while probably not optimal,
> it's been more than good enough.
Take a look at this thread in D.learn:
http://forum.dlang.org/thread/mailman.304.1375190212.22075.digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com
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Andrei Alexandrescu:
> Is that a lot better than ghc?
According to this article it seems better, but I have no direct
experience of it:
http://www.leafpetersen.com/leaf/publications/hs2013/haskell-gap.pdf
Bye,
bearophile
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