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.
- Jonathan M Davis
Considering scientific/numerical applications, I do agree with
Ilya: it is mandatory to have zero overhead and a
straightforward/direct interoperability with C. I am impressed by
the Mir lib results and I think "BetterC" is very
attractive/important.
-- Vincent