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> good programming languages would win or lose on their own merits Well I suppose that depends on what you mean by "merits". D has struggled with things like I
by bachmeier 8y ago
> good programming languages would win or lose on their own merits
Well I suppose that depends on what you mean by "merits". D has struggled with things like IDE support and breaking changes. A lot of that is now cleared up or being worked on as the language has seen increased activity over the last few years. I expect remaining issues to get cleaned up in the near future.
Another thing that kept folks away was the garbage collector. Quite a lot of work is being done to make it possible to use as much of the language as possible without the GC. Nonetheless, for many potential users, fear of the GC was a reason to not use D.
- WalterBright 8y agoYou can use DasBetterC now with no GC whatsoever.
- grok2 8y agoWhat is DasBetterC?
- girvo 8y agoSubset of the D language that acts as a “better C”. No GC, manual allocation etc. and no runtime I believe.
- NonEUCitizen 8y agoD as a Better C from Walter's post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17192702 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17192702
- grok2 8y agoSo, not the German "Das"...I was aware of -betterC, but was curious about Walter referring to it everywhere of late as DasBetterC.
- WalterBright 8y agoI was in Muenchen when I noticed the "Das", so yes, it works as the German Das.