Beginning with D

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Rainer Deyke wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> There are many categories in which D is behind C++, but as far as the
>> core language goes, I would choose to use D1.0 over C++ any day.
> 
> I would not.  To this C++ programmer, using D 1.0 feels like stepping
> back from C++ to C in terms of resource management.

Going back from D to C++ also feels like stepping back, because C++ 
doesn't natively support garbage collection. While I admit that 
reference counting is better for "heavy" resources (like file handles), 
for small memory objects tracing garbage collection is actually more 
efficient and less problematic. For example, reference counting can't 
deal with cycles of garbage.

And what's so great about wrapping every pointer into a smartpointer?

What do C++ programmers think about the D2.0 support for stuff like 
reference counting? (See 
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/struct.html#StructPostblit)

> I never considered any factors other than the core language in the first
> place.