D as an extension language for C

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On Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 22:08:30 UTC, Coco wrote:
> On Thursday, 11 May 2023 at 18:11:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> https://twitter.com/WalterBright/status/1656574787874095104
>>
>> I love making discoveries of emergent behavior like this! It's 
>> certainly saved me a lot of work.
>
> Interesting, yes... or at least.. perhaps.
>
> But personally, I think the D language's obsession with the C 
> language.. has already gone too far.
>
> Rust and Swift are showing where languages should be heading.


Couldn't help but observe that

D started as better Java by aot compiling similar code

Then D wanted to become better C++ with ranges, structs instead 
of classes, nogc, etc

Now D wants to be betterC, C extension, etc

Future: D as better assembly

/s
:-)