How does D improve design practices over C++?

[Janderson]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Janderson wrote:
>> Here's another big one:
>> - encourages less frequent use of pointers
> 
> I didn't include that because many more advanced C++ programmers eschew 
> pointers, and there is enough in the language to support that.

For me, having alternatives to pointers for the most common operations 
prevents (or reduces) the risk of memory corruption which I think is a 
good practice.  I'm not against pointers either. However I think a 
modern programmer always should encapsulate there use of pointers where 
they need them.

-Joel