A D vs. Rust example

[Don Allen]

On Saturday, 22 October 2022 at 01:35:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 10/20/2022 7:46 PM, Don Allen wrote:
>> I've written about 10,000 lines of Rust over several years, 
>> revised many times in consultation with a couple of people in 
>> the Rust community who were particularly helpful. I've been 
>> writing code professionally and otherwise for longer than most 
>> of you, since I'm now 80 (first line of code in 1960 -- IBM 
>> 1620 assembly language). I understand Rust pretty well at this 
>> point, so I don't think the "newcomer" description applies.
>
> I'm glad you wrote this. I thought I was the oldest D 
> programmer! I'm very pleased there are more of us using D! I 
> hope I'm as sharp as you are when I'm 80.

Thank you.

The great comedian Red Buttons, at Sid Caesar's 80th birthday 
celebration: "When my father turned 80, I asked him "Pop, what 
does a man of 80 think about? He said '81'".