The X++ programming language

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serg kovrov wrote:
> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
> 
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
> 
> "X++ is an object-oriented language with similarities to C++ and Java."
> 
> "The memory management model is extremely simple: objects are created 
> with a new operator. There are no explicit programmer-defined pointer 
> data types, and there is no pointer arithmetic."
> 
> "The X++ garbage collector runs automatically; as soon as no references 
> exist to a particular object, that object is deleted and its storage is 
> reclaimed."
> 
> -- serg

Nope, from those quotes alone it's clear that X++ is totally unsuitable
for systems programming tasks. It's not even remotely competition for D.

regards, frank