[OT] compiler optimisations

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 24 April 2015 at 16:40:03 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:

> There are _lots_ of languages, most are close to dead, some are 
> lingering, some are clinging to a niche... but only a few ones 
> gain momentum.

Well, I don't want to get into a big debate about how you define 
those things. I'll just say that I'm not concerned about D 
disappearing. I write some D code, drop it into an R package 
along with a Makefile, and my coauthors and I are using D. None 
of the things you claim as design flaws are a problem for us.

As always, when it comes to programming languages, it really 
depends on what you're trying to do. Not that long ago someone 
around here was claiming Python is a niche language like Haskell. 
On Reddit, garbage collection is often called a design flaw. YMMV 
applies more to programming languages than about anything else.