Why I'm Excited about D

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 7 April 2015 at 22:24:21 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
>> My current favorite WAT in D is:
>>
>> 	import std.stdio;
>> 	void fun(string text) {
>> 		import std.conv;
>> 		writeln(text);
>> 	}
>> 	void main() {
>> 		fun("Hello world");
>> 	}
>>
>> This program outputs a blank line. :-)
>
> Yeah, I think it's urgent we fix that. -- Andrei

My favorite next:

void function() f;
static assert(is(f == function)); // OK

void delegate() dg;
static assert(is(f == delegate)); // Nope...

Note that even phobos can get confused with that one in some 
cases.