Why explicit cast?

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Andreas Kochenburger" <akk at nospam.org> wrote in message 
news:eqo451$8p9$1 at digitalmars.com...

> The C-syntax is as clear as tap water, so why had this complication been 
> added?

After having used D for more than two years, I'll have to disagree with this 
comment ;)  Besides, as Joel said, your code really shouldn't have a lot of 
casts in it, unless you're programming "in C" in D.