Unclear about the benefits of D over C++ and Java
tsbockman via Digitalmars-d
digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sat Jan 2 13:04:51 PST 2016
On Saturday, 2 January 2016 at 19:53:04 UTC, JerryR wrote:
> On Saturday, 2 January 2016 at 11:31:24 UTC, Dibyendu Majumdar
> wrote:
>> ...
>> * How stable is D? Can one use it without fear that the next
>> version will significantly change the language and therefore
>> one would have to rewrite?
>> ...
>
> I recently discover a problem with breakage when trying to
> compile using a newer version of DMD:
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/affaugpppegxuxyoilea@forum.dlang.org
>
> Well I don't know how thing are now in fact, but the above
> wasn't the first time. And to be honest I already get it that
> using languages like D, Rust and Go which "still" are growing
> is a risk when talking about non-breakage.
>
> J.
To clarify: many projects will fail to compile when a new version
comes out.
However, you will NOT have to "rewrite" the project. Rather, a
few lines across the entire project might have to be updated.
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