On Thursday, 8 December 2016 at 10:49:40 UTC, Chris wrote:
The "hard way" (no runtime/Phobos/GC) should not be the default and I hope that nobody is seriously suggesting this. It should be available in case anyone needs it. I dare doubt, however, that C/C++ programmers will take to D like ducks take to water because of it.
especially considering that nobody in c++ land really talking about "we should drop c++ runtime". yes, in case somebody doesn't know, c++ also has runtime. and c too, by the way.
some people in c++ land avoiding using c++ features that require runtime (stl, rtti, etc.), but majority of programmers are ok with runtime. the very same is true for D. saying that "D will be more attractive to C++ programmers if we will remove runtime" is... i can't even find a word to describe it.
what can be done, tho, is article (or series of articles) describing what exactly druntime is, how it is compared to libc and libc++, why it doesn't hurt at all, how to do "bare metal" with custom runtime, why GC is handy (and how to limit GC impact if that is necessary), and so on. that is something D Foundation should do, i believe.
