D as A Better C?

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On 12 February 2014 09:06, Mike <none at none.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 20:42:26 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>
>> Walter Bright:
>>
>>  (First off, I hate the name "better C", any suggestions?)
>>>
>>
>> A different name is needed.
>>
>
> I don't think a different name is needed, nor do I think it would be a
> good idea.  All that's needed are a few compiler switches to enable/disable
> features so D can be used on more platforms.  GNU g++ does this without
> giving it a new name (e.g. -fno-exceptions, -fno-rtti, etc...)  D can do
> the same without giving it a new name.


+1, I support this approach. C/C++ programmers are familiar with it, and I
can imagine situations where I might want some features, but not others.
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