People were slow to adopt C++ at first. There were plenty of critisms like this one. The trouble is people don't want to learn new things. They just like to stick with what works for them.
D is not a one-shoe-fits-all language. You should pick which language is best for the task. Once you know D's positive attributes, you'll know what it's good for.
So now we have to go and find a lib and configure that is not part of the language, just to get thing that are already part of the D language.
With libs you can do anything. Infact there are many thing that could be taken out of C++ and put in a lib (floating point, for loops ect...). The reason they arn't is because it would be less useable/neat.
D has taken some of the most common used parts of the C++ std and put them into a much more logical design as part of the language.
Of couse Walter didn't put anything in D from the language that couldn't be improved by having language support. Try D for yourself and see what I mean. Try to come up with a library version that is as simply -> logical. You can't.
In fact, you'll find that because of the inclusion of many of these thing, D has been able to reduce the size of C++.
It's difficult to write an unbiosed table. Anyone who wants to write an unbiosed table must not be in love with any particular language or hate any particular language but must know each language well. Where do you find such a person?
If someone wants to write a D compiler that supports mangage code, by all means. D is powerful enough for my needs.
Also you can actually write your own VM layer in D if you so wish.
It's just you. You have to have some unsafty if you want performace and full control. Of couse you can define you own safe classes if you wish. D is probably more safe (or I should say more encouraging of safe programming) then C++.
The major problem with D will be getting the message across to organisations that D will save them time and money. It's one of those retorical questions. So many languages have died because they have not beem popular enough.
Also because a language isn't popular, people assume it's a bad language. Many miths and half/truths result.
Therefore I think for D to be acceptable to the masses it must first be used by the many indviduals.
Who knows, with a name like D it may by lucky and take off.
Appart from that, I can't see any problems with the language itself. I haven't seen one/. email mention actual acidemnic problems with the language.
MI - Is not a problem with the language, not when you can use interfaces (and mixins are planned). There is no problem that can't be simply solved without MI.
The comparison list - The argument presented here was not that D was bad, but that it was avaliable in C++ already. Doh!
Opperators - You simply don't understand how messed up C++ opperators are.
Webbased - Someone want to make a Djava? This is not a problem, it's simply a wish.
Come on use your heads an put together some serious (well thought out and researched) arguments.
Half you you think that there is nothing wrong with C++. I say you've had your heads stuck in the mud to long. This is what people said about C++ when it came out.
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Doh! The language B already exists.
Obviously you haven't tried D. There are better ways to do things then by preproccessor. If you must, you can still use the C pre-proccessor.
People were slow to adopt C++ at first. There were plenty of critisms like this one. The trouble is people don't want to learn new things. They just like to stick with what works for them. D is not a one-shoe-fits-all language. You should pick which language is best for the task. Once you know D's positive attributes, you'll know what it's good for.
Seems like a lot of effort to me when it's already avaliable in D
D is probably right up your ally then. It's a cross between al those languages.
So now we have to go and find a lib and configure that is not part of the language, just to get thing that are already part of the D language. With libs you can do anything. Infact there are many thing that could be taken out of C++ and put in a lib (floating point, for loops ect...). The reason they arn't is because it would be less useable/neat. D has taken some of the most common used parts of the C++ std and put them into a much more logical design as part of the language. Of couse Walter didn't put anything in D from the language that couldn't be improved by having language support. Try D for yourself and see what I mean. Try to come up with a library version that is as simply -> logical. You can't. In fact, you'll find that because of the inclusion of many of these thing, D has been able to reduce the size of C++.
It's difficult to write an unbiosed table. Anyone who wants to write an unbiosed table must not be in love with any particular language or hate any particular language but must know each language well. Where do you find such a person?
If someone wants to write a D compiler that supports mangage code, by all means. D is powerful enough for my needs. Also you can actually write your own VM layer in D if you so wish.
I couldn't find that link. How old is it? D was started in 1999.
Arh java. Still following in D's foot steps .
It's just you. You have to have some unsafty if you want performace and full control. Of couse you can define you own safe classes if you wish. D is probably more safe (or I should say more encouraging of safe programming) then C++.
The major problem with D will be getting the message across to organisations that D will save them time and money. It's one of those retorical questions. So many languages have died because they have not beem popular enough.
/. email mention actual acidemnic problems with the language.
Also because a language isn't popular, people assume it's a bad language. Many miths and half/truths result.
Therefore I think for D to be acceptable to the masses it must first be used by the many indviduals.
Who knows, with a name like D it may by lucky and take off.
Appart from that, I can't see any problems with the language itself. I haven't seen one
MI - Is not a problem with the language, not when you can use interfaces (and mixins are planned). There is no problem that can't be simply solved without MI.
The comparison list - The argument presented here was not that D was bad, but that it was avaliable in C++ already. Doh!
Opperators - You simply don't understand how messed up C++ opperators are.
Webbased - Someone want to make a Djava? This is not a problem, it's simply a wish.
Come on use your heads an put together some serious (well thought out and researched) arguments.
Half you you think that there is nothing wrong with C++. I say you've had your heads stuck in the mud to long. This is what people said about C++ when it came out.