Thoughts on replacement languages (Reddit + D)

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On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 12:57:17 UTC, MattCoder wrote:
> Since I'm relative new here, I want know from you agree with 
> this statement:
>
> "
> [–]clay_davis_sheeit 4 points 17 hours ago*
>
> get real. D is more dead now than it was a year ago. if you 
> won't accept repo counts, look at how many people attended D 
> con vs Gophercon
> "

"more dead" is a very subjective term.

It is "more dead" in the sense that you got @nogc and there was a 
sense of movement towards getting to a workable memory model, but 
since then nothing has happend. One step forward, then stagnation.

The Rust team have announced that they are moving towards a 
non-breaking stability situation within 6 weeks. And they have a 
working memory model.

Andrei and Walter need to stop focusing on details for a moment 
and focus more on presenting "a great plan" within 2 months. 
Meaning stating goals and plans which gives D a direction that 
developers want and can believe in.

If no clear statements on where D is heading appears in the near 
future... Well, then I am pretty sure that many of those who 
prefer D will give Rust a spin when Rust hits 1.0, out of boredom.

Rust is not complete feature wise, but a working memory model and 
stability is more important than having single inheritance and 
other convenience features...

So D is not dead, but is currently in a position where it can be 
hit by both Go and Rust. The space between Rust (system 
programming) and Go (server programming) is very tiny.