too much sugar not good for the health

[Jarrett Billingsley]

"Neal Becker" <ndbecker2 at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:etr33u$46c$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
> I've been following D with great interest.  I hope the language will not 
> add
> such 'features' without great need - it really detracts from the purity 
> and
> simplicity.

The only response I have to this is: have a look at Java to see a language 
with virtually no sugar.  It's so bland and unexpressive it _hurts_.  A tiny 
bit of sugar can go a long way to making the language more intuitive to use, 
not just prettier.