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The D programming language anyone?

• CyberDildonics 11y ago
  If D manages to get garbage collection out of their standard library and there is a one click IDE with step through debugging and code completion, then D could be a major contender. Right now it has a few big barriers that prevent it from taking significant market share on C++.
  • WalterBright 11y ago
    D has full generics, explicit memory layout, and RAII.
    • vvanders 11y ago
      From what I've seen of D(I haven't used it in detail) there isn't enough materially different(like say Rust) to warrant the loss of libraries and IDE integrations available to C++.
  • Ace17 11y ago
    Amongst the parts of Phobos having an equivalent in the C++ standard library (algorithm, string, etc.), which ones still require garbage collection?
    • WalterBright 11y ago
      Only one of the algorithms in Phobos still uses the GC.