Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

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On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 20:19:20 UTC, Observer wrote:
> On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 19:55:53 UTC, DLearner wrote:
>> If we allow _int foo;_ to declare an integer variable foo, 
>> then suggest we have
>> _dec bar(a,b);_ to declare a decimal variable bar with a units 
>> in total length, b units of decimal places.
>> D language then defines how (for example) assignment is 
>> carried out (by default), and also provides mechanisms for 
>> alternatives (ie some sort of dec_trunc() and dec_round() 
>> functions).
>
> And when real-world money is involved, you'd better have 
> arithmetic
> overflow trigger an exception, not just wrap around silently.

I made an abstraction, which uses long internally. If the value 
range is big enough, it works fine.

http://code.dlang.org/packages/money