Coolest D features

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Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For Email) wrote:
> Say you wanted to introduce a programmer friend to D. She might know one 
> of D's sibling languages (Java, C, C++, or C#), but you shouldn't rely 
> too much on that. What features of D would you describe first to hook 
> that friend in?

When D comes up in conversation, I usually bring up the following points 
in order:

- Java/C# like syntax
- *No VM or Interpreter*
- Garbage-Collected
- Portable
- Built-in Array types (No need for STL)
- Template features that mop the floor with Java and .NET.
- Type Inference (auto)
- Relatively open front-end, core library and GC.

The rest is really just icing on the cake.

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