[OT] - C++ exceptions are becoming more and more problematic

[Bruce Carneal]

On Sunday, 27 February 2022 at 19:32:47 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
> On Sunday, 27 February 2022 at 18:02:54 UTC, Bruce Carneal 
> wrote:
>> ...
>>
>> Yes.  Staying with C++, especially if you've got a very large 
>> code base, makes more sense to me than *starting* a new C++ 
>> project.
>
> How do you start a new project in D for PlayStation 
> 5/Switch/XBox or get a AUTOSAR certification for deployment of 
> D written software?

We're a ways out but SPIR-V looks like it has opened a path to 
multi-language deployments on the consoles.  I've not looked at 
the AUTOSAR world.

>
> Unless one is willing to do the work Unity has been doing with 
> C#, or Ferrous Systems is doing with Rust, D isn't going to the 
> choice, rather those.

I agree.  If the effort involved in getting D off the ground in a 
new domain outweighs the perceived long range benefits then I'd 
expect the team tackling a new project to have chosen another 
language.  I view such choices as an indication of where D was 
when those choices were made rather than as a pronouncement of 
permanent exclusion.

I believe that D can and will evolve to lower the costs of 
entering new domains: seamless/automated importC "bindings", 
better support in SoC environments, dcompute maturation, ... 
As/if it does, the economics change and we're likely to see 
forays into new areas.