Reddit: why aren't people using D?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
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>>
>> Sure. My point is that with using standard method definition syntax 
>> there's no need for even looking over an example.
>

So people are going to automagically just *know* to stick "opGet_" in front 
of the name to make it a property?

> PLUS:
>
> * need to remember that get is not followed by ()
>

1. That's trivial to remember.
2. Ok, so we can stick a () after get.

> * need to remember that set does not take a type like any other function, 
> just an identifier
>

set(auto v)
Problem solved.

Plus with both of the above, you're seem to be using arguments against a 
specific decicated property syntax as as arguments against dedicated 
property syntaxes in general.

> * need to remember that there is no () after width

Why in the world would there be? It's not a function.