Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

[Walter Bright]

On 8/27/2018 10:08 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Const in D makes sense as-is.  Though, granted, its infectiousness means
> its scope is actually very narrow, and as a result, we ironically can't
> use it in very many places, and so its touted benefits only rarely
> apply. :-(  Which also means that it's taking up a lot of language
> design real estate with not many benefits to show for it.

D const is of great utility if you're interested in functional programming. 
Using it has forced me to rethink how I separate tasks into functions, and the 
result is for the better.

I agree that D const has little utility if you try to program in C++ style.