Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
Ha. Had D differed *too* much from C++, then we'd run the risk of
scaring off the C++ snobs simply because it wasn't familiar enough to
them.
It's a good point. Radically different languages tend to fail simply
because few are willing to expend the effort to learn it. This is why
Haskell will never catch on.
> You can never please C++ users with another language. Let's not get
> hung up on attracting them.
C++ will be around and will be used as long as any of us are alive, no
matter what. It's just a fact of life.
