Reddit: why aren't people using D?

[Rainer Deyke]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Rainer Deyke wrote:
>> The reason I have stuck with C++ despite its (massive, obvious) flaws is
>> that it has a couple of really nice and useful features that very few
>> other languages have even attempted to match.  D is the only language I
>> know that even tries, although it still falls short in many areas.
> 
> Fair enough. What are those two features?

1. C++'s object model, complete with polymorphic value types,
deterministic destructors, arbitrary copy constructors, and optional
lack of default constructor.  D's structs come close, but I think the
class/struct split hurts D more than it helps.  And, yes, C++ has a lot
of room for improvement here.

2. Templates.  And this is one area that D improves in a major way.  I
love static if.


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