On Saturday, 25 January 2014 at 22:15:29 UTC, Frank Bauer wrote:
D is NOT a systems language. So no point in application level
comparison with C. Set aside syntactic similarities.
If your language does not have the C / C++ *semantics* of new /
delete, or, better yet, owned pointers in Rust that
automatically
free their memory when they go out of scope, but instead forces
a
GC down your throat for some of the most basic array and
standard
library functionality, you will never, ever write kernel level
code that stands a chance against C, C++ or Rust.
Other than that, a "D with owned pointers" and an opt-in GC
relegated to a library implementation (maybe with some minimal
language hooks) would be my language of choice. I love D's
templates.
+1
I understand that this would be a complete redesign of the
language and Phobos, and would break most of the D code out
there. That's why it won't happen.
Everybody seems to realize this, finally. Just have a look at
the
last (long) GC thread. Comparisons of D with Java and C# all
over.
Unfortunately, D is not similar to Java or C# (from the point of
view of the garbage collector). :/
