On Wednesday, 7 December 2016 at 02:38:50 UTC, bpr wrote:
It's a counterfactual at this point, but I would guess that if D had left out the GC in 2010 when D2 came out it would have been ahead of C++ in many ways and perhaps would have been able to peel off more C++ programmers
c++ programmers want c++. anything that is not c++ will be bashed to death. there is absolutely no reason to kill one of the key D features only to attract 2.5 c++ coders. actually, we already have That One C++ Programmer We Need onboard -- Andrei. ;-)
