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

[Paulo Pinto]

Am 25.01.2014 23:33, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> On 1/25/14 2:15 PM, Frank Bauer wrote:
>> 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.
>>

The guys at Xerox PARC, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich,
Cisco, Olivetti seem to think otherwise.

Sadly the industry never cared for their research in programming 
languages and safe OS systems.

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Paulo