D vs Java

[U.Baumanis]

In article <dvhtsa$hh5$1 at digitaldaemon.com>, Andrew Fedoniouk says...
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>"Walter Bright" <newshound at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
>news:dvhohr$asa$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>> I'm no expert on Java programming, but I get this question a lot: "What 
>> compelling reason does D have that would entice a Java programmer to 
>> switch to D?"
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>> I know several of you have come to D from Java, and are expert Java 
>> programmers, so you folks' reasons would be very valuable.
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>They are not strictly comparable to be honest.
>E.g. Java programmer doing server side stuff will not switch to D.
>Completely different execution models.
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>Such switch makes more sense for GUI Java programmers (client side):
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>Andrew.
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I don't agree about GUI - Java GUI (Swing) is very strong. There is no
comparable alternative in D (yet). Don't tell me about DWT. ;)

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