On 13 May 2014 03:14, Dicebot via Digitalmars-d <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday, 12 May 2014 at 17:03:41 UTC, Manu via Digitalmars-d wrote: >> >> But D is *so close*... and I like it! >_< >> >> I have to say that this discussion has certainly left me somewhat >> intrigued by Rust though. >> I've never given it a fair go because I find the syntax so distasteful >> and deterring. >> I wonder if there's a market for a rust fork that re-skin's the language >> ;) > > > Right now D has practical benefit of being more stable and library rich. But > switching to Rust eventually does seem tempting as I find foundations of > their type system much closer to my beliefs about "good coding practices". > > It lacks any good static reflection though. And this stuff is damn addictive > when you try it of D caliber.
They have a lot more work to do. There doesn't seem to be a useful windows compiler for a start... >_<
