It is the year 2020: why should I use / learn D?

Francesco Mecca me at francescomecca.eu
Fri Nov 16 09:03:48 UTC 2018


On Wednesday, 14 November 2018 at 19:39:42 UTC, Laeeth Isharc 
wrote:

> DPP already helps I think.  As does dstep.  Don't forget also 
> the work to get STL types into druntime.
>
Do any of you have any information regarding the STL types in 
druntime?
I'd like to know more.


> Well you're right,D does have fewer libraries.  Only 1400 on 
> code.dlang.  But you also have all of C.  And I guess being 
> able to use most of C++ will be a gain again also because it 
> helps with incremental transitions of larger code bases.  Might 
> still be some problems where you can't represent C++ types in 
> D, but ask Atila about that.
> It's easier for D than for Rust in this respect.

Agreed



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