What ever happened to move semantics?

[Don Allen]

On Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 04:24:02 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
> I do share your concern, Don. I worry that we know so well how 
> C++ does it that we can't conceive of a better way. If we 
> cannot do mucho better than C++ with this, why are we using D?
>
> D already does some things so much better than C++ by thinking 
> "dammit there's got to be a better way than this mess!"
>
> Things like no ADL, decent modules, simple template syntax, 
> easy to understand overloading, context-free grammar, slices, 
> etc.

I've expressed sentiments like this before, Walter, most recently 
at the time of the fork kerfuffle. I really value your careful, 
let's-think-it-through engineer's approach regarding the 
evolution of D. I'm not suggesting that the young-uns are always 
wrong. Quite the contrary; there are some very bright young 
people pushing D in various ways. The problem is that they aren't 
always right, which creates a wheat-from-the-chaff role for the 
project leader, sometimes requiring rejecting changes backed by 
many and other times implementing things that lack enthusiastic 
support, e.g, ImportC, which I hope people are beginning to 
understand that it is a major asset for D. I think you are doing 
a superb job of walking this fine line.