On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 17:00:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis
wrote:
So, while there are certainly folks who would prefer using D as
a better C without druntime or Phobos, I think that you're
seriously overestimating how many folks would be interested in
that. Certainly, all of the C++ programmers that I've worked
with professionally would have _zero_ interest in D as a better
C.
I would guess that the vast majority of interest shown in Rust is
from people who essentially want a better C or C++, with no
runtime/GC. So, I think Ilya's point is very plausible. D with no
GC, but with modules, templates, overloading, CTFE, and some
other features might have been more tempting to the no-GC crowd,
which includes many hardcore C++ programmers.
Those programmers who are comfortable working in a GC-ed language
will likely eschew D because D's GC is really not that great.
