Sealed classes - would you want them in D?

KingJoffrey KingJoffrey at KingJoffrey.com
Wed May 16 05:43:58 UTC 2018


On Wednesday, 16 May 2018 at 04:25:40 UTC, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> I think that really what you want is something that's geared 
> more towards teaching the language. The ways that the language 
> spec needs to be improved really revolve around making it a 
> proper spec, which means making it far more precise, not making 
> it more amenable to folks reading it in order to learn the 
> language. But unfortunately, what we have right now is kind of 
> in the middle. It's not precise enough to really be a proper 
> spec, and it's generally terse enough that it's harder to use 
> it as a learning resource (though it usually has the necessary 
> information in it).
>
> - Jonathan M Davis

Also, having a C++ like spec, written by the elite, for the 
elite, and then everyone else has to wait until some kind person 
explains the spec, is really not a great model.

It's equivalent to the elitist view of trickle down economics - 
which is not working in my country.



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