Zig vs D generics

[ryuukk_]

On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 17:36:55 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
Grøstad wrote:
> On Wednesday, 12 October 2022 at 17:19:57 UTC, ryuukk_ wrote:
>> The topic was why Apple ditch C++/LLVM and why it's being 
>> phased out as a language
>
> This never happend. There is no point in propagating this 
> assumption. Let's stick to the facts:
>
> https://jobs.apple.com/en-us/details/200310241/c-compiler-engineer
>
>
>> Then you said some things about the future is JIT and GCs
>
> I said that for the UI, scripting languages with JITs are 
> probably more suitable than C++ and similar languages. Which is 
> a historical evolution that follows the development of 
> hardware. This is just a reflection of reality. I am not 
> talking about the future. I am talking about the past and the 
> present. This is not a new trend.

Apple went with Swift as an evolution to C++ and ObjC; no JIT and 
no GC and yet it powers SwiftUI, modern, easy to use and 
efficient declarative UI framework

They didn't lower their standard when they came up with something 
new, they stick to their motto

Where is async in D btw?