On Thursday, 17 July 2014 at 08:56:40 UTC, Chris wrote:
The funny thing about C++ is that there is a plethora of books
that teach you how to do it right, which is a sign that there
is something inherently wrong with the language*. I find that
in D there aren't many ways to *really* do it wrong, but still
you have the freedom to try different approaches. D is not
overly prescriptive, but often keeps you from shooting yourself
in the foot (or blow away your whole leg**) What can happen in
D is that you don't use the most efficient way of doing
something, it will make your program slower, but it won't blow
away your legs, arms or head, and you can easily fix it later,
if needs be.
* And also a sign that there is a huge industry behind it, and,
of course, people who make a living being C++ gurus don't want
the language to slowly disappear. C++ reminds me a little bit
of religion: high priests, mysteries, dogmata ...
** "C makes it easy to shoot yourself in the foot. C++ makes it
harder, but when you do, it blows away your whole leg."
– Bjarne Stroustrup
Also, if the trend in C++ is to go back to functional programming
(don't use classes, inheritance etc.), then what's the point? Why
not use C instead. It's kinda absurd.
