System programming in D (Was: The God Language)

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On Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:20:22 +0200, Vladimir Panteleev  
<vladimir at thecybershadow.net> wrote:

> On Thursday, 29 December 2011 at 14:44:45 UTC, Don wrote:
>> I don't think the situation is any different with DMC. I think that if  
>> D isn't a systems programming lanugage, neither is C or C++ without  
>> vendor-specific extensions.
>
> You're right... I've never extensively used a C/C++ compiler without  
> similar extensions, though. The fact that major vendors come up with  
> their own extensions to do many of the same features shows that they  
> might have better been standardized.

Well i remember at most one or two supported me when i brought it up and  
Walter dismissed instantly.