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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