D as a betterC a game changer ?

[Mike Parker]

On Monday, 25 December 2017 at 10:06:31 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
> On Sunday, 24 December 2017 at 10:11:37 UTC, Dan Partelly wrote:
>
>>>> D as betterC really is a game changer, for anyone who cares 
>>>> to give it a try.
>>>
>>> Yes, it really is.
>
> The fact that -betterC exists is a glaring admission that D 
> "got it wrong".

I strongly disagree. D got it right, but when there's a heavy 
investment in an existing code base, there has to be a strong 
incentive to port to a different language. The less work required 
to do so, the lower that barrier becomes.

Support for inner classes was motivated by a desire to make 
porting Java code easier. Support for COFF was motivated by 
requests to better integrate with existing Windows toolchains. 
extern(C), extern(C++), -betterC, and a future "Better C++" are 
all in that vein.

None of this is evidence of anything D got wrong, but rather that 
the range of excuses for not adopting D is shrinking.