Current state of "D as a better C" (Windows)?

Frank Bauer y at z.com
Sat Jan 25 14:15:28 PST 2014


D is NOT a systems language. So no point in application level
comparison with C. Set aside syntactic similarities.

If your language does not have the C / C++ *semantics* of new /
delete, or, better yet, owned pointers in Rust that automatically
free their memory when they go out of scope, but instead forces a
GC down your throat for some of the most basic array and standard
library functionality, you will never, ever write kernel level
code that stands a chance against C, C++ or Rust.

Other than that, a "D with owned pointers" and an opt-in GC
relegated to a library implementation (maybe with some minimal
language hooks) would be my language of choice. I love D's
templates.

I understand that this would be a complete redesign of the
language and Phobos, and would break most of the D code out
there. That's why it won't happen.

Everybody seems to realize this, finally. Just have a look at the
last (long) GC thread. Comparisons of D with Java and C# all over.


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