Go 1.9

[Ecstatic Coder via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 24 June 2017 at 10:34:07 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Saturday, 24 June 2017 at 09:35:56 UTC, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
>>>> I'm assuming that D is for general purpose programming as 
>>>> well.
>>>
>>> That seems to be where it is heading.  I don't think D stands 
>>> a chance in that domain, but we'll see.
>>
>> With all due respect, on the contrary I think that promoting D 
>> as a general purpose programming language could be its only 
>> chance to really improve its popularity, and thus 
>> significantly grow its current user base.
>
> Most programming languages are technically "general purpose", 
> but when projects look for tooling they aren't looking for 
> something generic, they are looking for a solution to a 
> specific domain.
>
> So, for a language to succeed you need to provide the best 
> solution to something specific.

I agree, but it will be hard for D to beat C++, because people 
who *need* to use C++ as a "systems programming language" won't 
use D for the same reasons they don't use C#, Java or Go.

Just its GC keeps many C++ developers away from it, whether is 
justified or not, despite D is as low level and performant.

But a GC is rarely a problem for a scripter, because most 
scripting language already work this way.

So I think promoting D as a "systems programming language" won't 
help in improving its popularity, as its GC doesn't make it the 
best solution on this market.