Could D have fit Microsoft's needs?

[lempiji]

On Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 23:00:03 UTC, bauss wrote:
> Microsoft has published article about needing a safer system 
> programming language.
>
> https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/18/we-need-a-safer-systems-programming-language/
>
> Could D (Most likely as betterC) have fit into that domain OR 
> is it not yet safe?

I am Japanese. I would not mind other people's evaluation if they 
fit my values, but I felt a little sad that nothing was mentioned 
in the article.

In Japanese companies, many people think based on the opinions of 
large companies. Some companies even purposely appeal that the 
product is 100% Microsoft technology. I think it is certain that 
Rust's rating goes up.

But they don't think about memory safety, and they only do enough 
with GC. I can say they will not use Rust in Japan. And since the 
practicality and productivity of D do not change, there is no 
pessimism.


By the way, D-man (and Gopher) are very popular in Japan.

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