If you have to learn just one programming language

[retard]

Tue, 01 Jun 2010 05:19:55 -0400, #ponce wrote:

>> For example the lambda syntax is terribly verbose in D compared to
>> Scala or Haskell.
>> 
>> 
> It may seem surprising to you, but there is a lot of project who can't
> afford using Scala or Haskell.
> 
> If you're constrained to use D at your dayjob, imagine what could be to
> be forced to use C++. Wonderful hours spent finding that your destructor
> failed because it called virtual functions, while your stack trace
> magically disappear and you have to wait recompilation for 10 min.

The world would be a better place if instead of shooting in your leg you 
shot your client's head off.