D's greatest mistakes

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Sunday 28 November 2010 20:19:44 Jack wrote:
> The post "C#'s greatest mistakes" prompts/begs this post. Have at it,
> pick up the ball and run with it, don't be shy. I expect Walter and
> Andrei to answer (if Walter and Andrei so dare!) after others' posts have
> stopped or stagnated into that cesspool of threaded discussion that is
> "the subthread" or "tangential thread" (which surely needs a rock
> anthem).

It's far too early to declare anything to be "D's greatest mistake." Of course, 
there are problems with D, and I'm sure that we'll find more as time goes on. No 
language is perfect. But if you want to be able to really determine which 
choices were good and which were bad, you need time and a lot of code being 
written. It's only once you've seen how things work in practice that the biggest 
flaws will become apparent.

- Jonathan M Davis