Developing blockchain software with D, not C++

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Monday, 1 January 2018 at 11:24:45 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> I am not arguing with their choice, but it was for a C++ 
> conference, so obviously they would praise C++…

Btw, I think one should be very sceptical of such presentations 
in general:

1.  They are there to market their project, so they have a strong 
incentive to appeal to the audience.  Offending the audience 
would be a bad strategy.

2.  Developers often have technological preferences in advance 
and will create arguments to defend their choice on rather 
subjective terms using "objective" claims.

3. The design and scope of a project tend to grow in the 
direction that the chosen platform is most suited for.

FWIW, I think the best technical choice for security related 
infrastructure would be to write a library in C or Ada or some 
other toolset where proven verification capabilities are 
available, then tie it together using whatever is most convenient 
on the platform you target.