D is really cool

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Sat, 2017-05-13 at 06:28 -0700, Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 05/13/2017 04:47 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> 
>  > Currently Ds only selling point against C++, Go, and Rust is that
> it
>  > has GC, and Go has far more traction that D.
> 
> I'm confused. Go has GC, right?
> 

I was glib with my language. Go definitely has GC and no intention of
ever allowing it to be switched off – it would require language
changes.

Gos traction has been in Web. It is useful elsewhere, but is not really
gaining much traction in other areas that I can see.

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