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D shouldn't really be compared to ML. D is really just a reimagined C++, free of a lot of C++'s absurdity and incoherence

• lmm 6y ago
  But I'm not looking for "a reimagined C++". I'm looking for "a programming language". What is the question for which "a reimagined C++" is the answer? (Maybe a language for use in environments where GC is not acceptable, but D fails to make a convincing case that it is such a language).
  • giancarlostoro 6y ago
    D lets you do away with the GC and is working on a borrow checker type system like in Rust.
    • lmm 6y ago
      > D lets you do away with the GC But you can't use the standard library if so, right? Or rather you can use some parts of the standard library but not others, and some third-party libraries but not others? It was never clearly explained what does and doesn't require GC. > and is working on a borrow checker type system like in Rust. But it only started work on that after Rust became established. So why wouldn't I just use Rust, which has a borrow checker I can use today?