What would be the advantage of using D to port some games?

[matheus]

On Wednesday, 24 June 2020 at 19:46:55 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> A previous game implementation in D would be interesting and if 
> you do it you are welcome to write your about experiences here. 
> It's hard to say what features you would take advantage in D as 
> I haven't seen the code in C/C++. However, one thing is clear D 
> would be an easy port because it is so close to C/C++. Every 
> algorithm can be ported directly without any bigger change. If 
> it would Rust you would probably have to rethink some of the 
> data structures and it would be more difficult. Another thing 
> that is clear is that productivity would be high. With today's 
> fast machines and old games you don't have to worry about any 
> GC pauses as there is plenty of time for that. You can 
> basically use the slow "scripting language" features of D. I 
> would expect that D is in the C# ball park in productivity for 
> such task.

Thanks for the information. Yes I am thinking about doing it but 
at the same time I wonder if it's worth (technically speaking) 
port those games.

I'll analyze if there's any part that could take the advantage of 
some D features that lacks in C/C++.

Matheus.