On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 6:54 PM, dsimcha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > == Quote from bearophile ([EMAIL PROTECTED])'s article >> D is a fringe language, and it's not an easy one (system language and all >> that), > so there's never shortage of unusual people in this newsgroup :-) >> Java groups are so boooring compared to this one :-) >> Bear hugs, >> bearophile > > Do people seriously consider D a "difficult" language? Given that it has > garbage > collection out of the box, builtin arrays, etc. I would have guessed that most > people only consider it to be of moderate difficulty. Yes, you *can* do > down-and-dirty programming with pointers, manual memory management, etc. in > it, > but you don't *have to* unless the nature of your problem domain would > require it > no matter what the language. >
Or if you're absolutely obsessed with microperformance and attempt to subvert the GC at every possible opportunity. (Consider who you're replying to ;) )
