D as a betterC a game changer ?

Mike Franklin slavo5150 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 25 10:06:31 UTC 2017


On Sunday, 24 December 2017 at 10:11:37 UTC, Dan Partelly wrote:

>>> D as betterC really is a game changer, for anyone who cares 
>>> to give it a try.
>>
>> Yes, it really is.

The fact that -betterC exists is a glaring admission that D "got 
it wrong".

-betterC was an idea that I heard Walter propose a few years ago, 
and probably existed in his mind long before that, but has only 
been actively developed in the past year, maybe two.  AIUI the 
primary motivation for the current development around -betterC is 
to use it for DMD's backend, which is still written in C+ (not a 
typo).  So that begs the rhetorical question:  What did D get so 
wrong that makes it unsuitable for DMD's backend.  Or more 
generally, what did D get so wrong that -betterC was required?  
Why not fix the language so such things aren't required?

Mike


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