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C, Objective-C, C++... D! Future Or failure?
TDRighteo writes "OSNews is carrying a quick introduction to a programming language under development - D. Features include garbage collection, overrideable operators, full C compatibility, native compilation, inline assembler, and in-built support for unit testing and "Design by Contract". With all the discussion about the future of GNOME with Java/Mono, does D offer hope of a middle-road? Check out the comparison sheet."
Who said computer geeks don't have any creativity in naming their programming languages?
Oh, wait...
Microsoft will come out with it own version, and call it D-.
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Doom of course.
slashdot troll = you make a compelling argument I do not like the implications of.
Looking forward to job ads saying :
Duh !!
Bah, We've allready made it all the way to R!
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Sheesh. You'd have thought they'd come up with a name that's a little more interesting than "D".
No, I'm not going to suggest that it should have been called "Rupert".
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We want C!
.NET, I go tit for tat with anybody who's setting this bit, that bit
with apologies to eminem...
to the tune of 'without me'
Two GUI classes go on the inside; on the inside, on the inside
Two GUI classes go on the inside; on the inside, on the inside
Guess who's back Back again C is back Tell a friend
Guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back
guess who's back, guess who's back, guess who's back..
Sun's created a monster, cause nobody wants to code Java no more
or basic, but something quicker
Well if you want speed, this is what I'll give ya
A language called C that won't let you do "is a"
Some "has a" that makes me feel sicker
than the bugs when I build patch that's critical
using make to compile and be building
with a language that allows object orientating
Your var name's too long, now stop line breaking
Cause I'm back, I'm a new var and instantiating
I know that you got a job Bill and Steve
but your company's trust problem's complicating
So GCC won't follow ANSI or copy memory, so let me see
They try to recompile with visual C But it feels so bloated, without C
So, connect with SLIP, or create a RIP Fuck that, write a function, and shift some bits
And get ready, and use a pattern like proxy MS just settled their lawsuits, expect a levy!
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
Little Hallions, MS feelin litigious Embarrassed that users still listen to RMS
They start feelin like ellen feiss 'til someone comes on the television and yells SWITCH!!!
A visionary, beard's lookin' scary Could start a revolution, lives in a bear cave
A rebel, although emacs ain't real fast and there's the fact that I only got one class
And it's a disaster, such a castastrophe for you can see so damn much of my class; meant to use C.
Well I'm back, i-j-k-x-y-z-out-ta-var-names Fix your damn indentifier tune your code and I'm gonna
open it, under vim, maybe pico and variables, no such thing as a member
I'm interesting, the best thing since assembly but not Polluting the namespace with inherits
We're Testing, your functions please Feel the tension, soon as someone commits some C
Here's my webpage, my code is free who'll pay the rent? What, You code with vi?
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
An object in
AT&T, you can get your ass kicked worse than those little C++ bastards
And Ruby? just like a static property not even used with KDE and QT
You're not like C, you're too slow, let go It's over, nobody'll code in OO!
Now let's go, -9's the signal I'll be there with a whole list of XM and L
I use SOAP, XPATH with XSL And you know perl's just like coding in symbols
everybody only just codes C so this must mean, some com-pile-ing
but it's just me i'm obfuscating And though I'm not the first king of controversy
And i'm not the worst thing since assembly but I am the worst thing since 86 XFree
do use BASIC and JSP and used it to get myself wealthy
Here's a concept that works twenty million new coders emerge
but no matter how many fish in the sea half of them can't even code C
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
Now this looks like a job for C So everybody, just code in C
Cause we need a little, bit more speed Cause it runs so slowly, without C
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I believe you're mistaken. D stands for "Duke Nukem Forever."
The delays in release of the game are simply a result of having to wait for a new programming language in which to write the software.
It will be interesting to see how it compares to Delphi too.
Every once in a while people try to improve on C++. Usually it is those wet-behind-the-ears kids straight out of college who think that because C++ is too hard for them, it is a bad language. But real programmers just shrug and keep on coding in C++. Let the kids have their fun; they'll come around eventually when they want to write some real code. Maybe someday they'll discover that garbage collection is not necessary when you know who owns your memory and encapsulate allocation in logical places, like STL containers. They'll discover that C++ already has overridable operators, full (well, all that matters, anyhow) C compatibility, native compilation (VMs are for script kiddies), inline assembler, and in-built support for unit testing (called a debugger). And as for "Design by Contract", good luck getting any contracts in your new D.
Syntatically, D is almost identitical to Pike, like the foreach and the range operator "..". Pike is also loosely object oriented, and has a rich set of libraries just like Python, Perl or even Java.
I'm not sure if the Author has borrowed ideas from Pike, but it is is really a great language that has been around for 10+ years, tested in real world applications.
Meant to post that anonymously...
.. when it was called C#!
I thought from the headline that the new title was D!; D bang. Ahhahaahhahahaaa.. what a cool name!
Exactly how are we expected to Google for such things?
Please give your projects distinctive names with more than one character, thanks.
mt
I think I'll wait for D++.
Cress, cress, lovely lovely cress
also, perl code could be written to be readable
no. it can't.
My problem? I was perfectly gruntled, until some numbnuts came by and dissed me.
Yes, if you read my post carefully -- perhaps you missed a word or two when the garbage collector in your head did some clean-up -- I didn't say that pauses were inevitable. My complaint -- and not just mine, it's no revelation that garbage collection has may detractors -- is that the pauses are not predictable by writer of the program.
There are an awful lot of dashes at random places in this paragraph. Were you by chance running garbage collection?
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in the programming language is the name. A language will not succeed without a good name. I have recently invented a very good name and now I am looking for a suitable language." -- D. E. Knuth, 1967
How about "Double-D"? *That* will bring out the programmers in hordes.
- First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then ???, then profit.