Zig mentions D in justifying its existence

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On Thursday, 16 November 2017 at 02:48:27 UTC, Tony wrote:
> I am surprised C hasn't tried to become a "better C". Add a 
> string datatype (and maybe other datatypes like datetime). Add 
> an array type (static and/or dynamic) that doesn't suffer from 
> "array decay" when passed to a function or returned from a 
> function. Provide an alternative to the ridiculous syntax for 
> declaring a function pointer. And copy the scope() guard from 
> D. They could also add some data structure code to the standard 
> library. Not a lot of changes and suddenly the language is a 
> lot more usable for all those GNU programs (and any like them) 
> that are written in C.

What I really love about the evolution of C, is that 'it can' 
resist giving in to those temptations ;-)

I still have 'The C Programming Language' (1988) next to my pc, 
and I enjoy glancing over it now and then, knowing that 
everything in it is still valid. ;-)

And anyway, one change..always leads to another..and then 
another..and then another......

resist! resist!

A better C belongs in a new language.