C++17

[Sergei Degtiarev via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 at 09:16:47 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> Just a thought:
> 2. Converting C++ programmers is a good recruitment strategy.
> 4. When C++17 is released, current C++ programmers will go "I 
> was ready to leave C++
> If not, what is the strategy behind focusing on interfacing 
> with C++? (Evaluated in relation to the C++17 release.)
I think, you see it at wrong angle. Yes, I am C++ programmer, and 
I love it, and I anticipate C++17 coming. And I also like D, and 
hope it eventually be another language I will be as fluent as I'm 
in C++ now, but I'm no way going to be "converted". If you are 
going to recruit those who about to abandon C++, you will have 
the worst part.
Memory management review in D is a bright idea, and challenging 
project, it might be a dream project for some, so wouldn't it be 
better spoken as "attracting" C++ people instead of "converting" 
them? Sure, you will get much more enthusiasm talking about it 
this way.
I believe, D and C++ are sibling languages and opposing them is 
kind of counterproductive.