D code length vs other languages

[Jonathan Marler]

On Friday, 6 December 2019 at 18:25:20 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh 
wrote:
> On Friday, 6 December 2019 at 08:47:59 UTC, Paolo Invernizzi 
> wrote:
>> On Thursday, 5 December 2019 at 22:28:53 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe
> clip
>>
>> Yesterday happened to me to translate a modest size python 
>> script into D, to incorporate it in a product, and it was a 
>> pleasant experience.
>>
>> The port was really really easy ... but I'm starting to miss 
>> list comprehension ...
>>
>> Anyway, point taken!
>
> Wouldn't it be fairly easy to write some sort simple library 
> that gives you list comprehensions in D.  It wouldn't be a nice 
> as the python syntax, but it should be doable no?

You could do that, or you could use a UFCS chain as well.  More 
flexible than list comprehensions.