On 12-Jul-2015 15:14, "Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQi?=
<[email protected]>" wrote:
I've been thinking a bit about where languages fit in the web service
space. Both mobile app and web services are likely candidates for typed
and efficient languages. I'm not at all happy with the "prolific"
choices that are available. Yet, D is currently not in a strong position
for mobile apps or web servers. So what does the competition look like?
[snip]
Java, C# and now Go seems to have strong infrastructure advantages
that makes them difficult targets. They all have integration advantages
not provided by other languages.
What do you think about the future for D in the web service space?
IMHO D should fit right in between C++/Rust and Java/C# hopefully
pressing both out of their segments eventually. That is D is lighter on
resources and has greater control then C#/Java will ever have. And it's
much much simpler/safer to write system code in D then in C++.
So at start D should aim to save people that can't do the thing in say
Java but are really not looking forward to write it in C/C++.
Still D lacks stable and scalable Web Application server and any
standard model for web applications (and frameworks) to follow. Be it "D
Servlet" spec a-la Java or more simple like WSGI in Python/Perl/etc. it
needs to be there.
Even if vibe.d might become that app server, the problem with D servlet
spec missing is very real.
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Dmitry Olshansky
