Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Tue, 2016-06-07 at 09:10 +0000, Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-
d wrote:
> 
[…]
> C++ isn't a safe language, but if you are proficient in modern 
> C++ then memory issues aren't the big hurdle. I find the 
> syntactic mess that comes from having N different convoluted ways 
> of doing the same thing in meta-programming to be more 
> problematic in day-to-day programming than safety issues.
> 

std::unique_ptr and std::shared_ptr maybe great for those who have to
use C++, but for those with a choice it is the fastest route to Rust.
And then you find Rust cannot cope nicely with many C libraries. Hence
you find your way to D. Only to find to developer environments nowhere
near as good.

For a traditional Emacs person, I am finding CLion a joy to use. D
needs equivalents.
 
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Russel.
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