Why I'm Excited about D

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On Tuesday, 7 April 2015 at 18:21:44 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Actually, I find the current use of = vs. == in programming 
> languages
> rather counterintuitive, even though I myself have become 
> accustomed to
> it as you have. If I were ever to invent my own programming 
> language,
> I'd use = for equality and := for assignment. (I wouldn't 
> include ==,
> though; I think it's an eyesore.)


Simula uses =, <=, >=, <> for value comparison. For references 
comparison: ==, =/=. Value assignment is done with := and :- is 
used for reference assignment.

I am not sure if I like the visual confusion of references and 
values in languages like C# and D, but I am also not happy about 
having to type *this in C++... With reference operators you 
bypass all the dereferencing clutter.