D vs Java

[Tom]

Walter Bright wrote:
> 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?"
> 
> I know several of you have come to D from Java, and are expert Java 
> programmers, so you folks' reasons would be very valuable. 

Java
- Sucks 'cause of its horrendous slowness
- Has a VM (this is the worst disadvantage)
- Eats memory as a monster of hell (even in simple apps)
- Language itself is nice but clearly D is more than a superset of it
- The JDK is enormous _OMG_, never nice to download!
+ "Dynamic Linking" of packages with JAVA is damn easy!
+ Infrastructure is really complete (IDE and stuff)

Tom;