D is our last hope

[Hors]

On Monday, 18 December 2023 at 05:46:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 12/8/2023 1:06 AM, Hors wrote:
>> This is one of biggest mistakes in dlang's design. They tried 
>> to be "everything" (being both garbage collected and not, 
>> being both safe and unsafe system language...), it backfired 
>> because as you said, you always need to exclude some people or 
>> features.
>
> I often use a mix of gc and malloc in a program - they each 
> have their uses. It's sort of like using a struct or using a 
> class - they coexist fine, and you can mix and match as you 
> please.
>
> Rust also has both safe and unsafe code.

Rust has both safe and unsafe, but it's still focus on safety. 
While dlang doesn't have any focus