memcpy() comparison: C, Rust, and D

[Mike via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 01:30:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>
> Just from D's type signature, we can know a lot about memcpy():
>

Yes, D has some notable advantages over other languages, but it 
also has some notable disadvantages. One in particular prevents 
me from using D, period! - 
https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=14758

Rust has "minimal runtime" as a pillar of its language which 
makes it very attractive for systems programming.  D will never 
compete with Rust in that domain if it doesn't lead an effort to 
do something about it.

Being able to infer implementation characteristics from a 
function signature is insignificant in comparison.

Mike