Is it time for D 3.0?

[Istvan Dobos]

On Wednesday, 8 April 2020 at 17:17:07 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 08, 2020 at 04:55:56PM +0000, IGotD- via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 8 April 2020 at 16:44:57 UTC, Istvan Dobos wrote:
>> > It does not matter if D only followed in these languages' 
>> > footsteps, however humiliating that might feel, because it'd 
>> > have the potential to give the language a new life. In its 
>> > current form, its advantages over C++ seem to diminish with 
>> > every new standard.
>> 
>> Funny, so called "modern C++" (C++17 and beyond) is one of the 
>> reasons why I got interested in D. In my opinion "modern C++" 
>> is absolutely awful.
> [...]
>
> Yeah, with every new C++ revision, the language becomes more 
> baroque, more overly complex, and introduces yet more strange 
> exceptional cases that nobody can possibly remember (except 
> maybe for Scott Meyers :-P). No thanks, despite whatever warts 
> D has, it's still light-years better than C++.
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> T

Yeah, not the first time I hear that opinion. Myself have a very 
little exposure to that beast and I intend to keep it that way.
My point was more like, if the idea of breaking changes + new 
major version settles in, it could be good to aim higher!