On Thursday, 28 January 2016 at 22:30:51 UTC, nbro wrote:
I have loved C++ when I first started learning it a pair of
years ago (then I stopped for some time for some work reasons),
and quite recently I have discovered D, which seems apparently
a better language from the design point of view, especially in
supporting OO design and modularisation, maybe I am just wrong
since I know just a little of D so far, but I really had some
problems just in setting up a simple OO project, i.e. importing
classes, there are .h and .cpp files, etc, which only make
everything confusing and make you learn stupid things instead
of being productive. D also seems to have a cleaner syntax in
general. C++ is becoming more and more a mess because they keep
introducing new functionalities to make C++ compete with new
languages, and I'm starting hating it. Languages should not
just be powerful but simple enough to be productive.
Apart from this, what are the real advantages of D over Rust?
They seem to be similar languages in what they want to achieve.
Rust seems to be younger and the syntax seems to be slightly
different from the C-like syntax. I am not such concerned or
interested with the syntax advantages of a language over the
other, but more about in general what one does better than the
other. Overall, which one has a better design and a more
promising future? Which one is more performant, in which
situations? If you could answer all these questions it would be
nice. I'm still deciding which one to learn and invest my time
on, but I would like to have also your more experienced and
expert opinion.
Learn both. You will be a better programmer for it and will be in
a position to make up your own mind which one *you* prefer.
I come from a heavy C/C++/Java/Python background and for me
productivity is paramount. Syntax is very important because it
has an impact on my productivity. I find Rust syntax really
annoying. Little things in D like UFCS and optional parens make a
huge difference. Big things like D templates and compile time
reflection power is so easy to tap into and use that it drives
Rust into the ground. For me memory safety is not a problem. Yes
it bites occasionally, but never enough that its worth giving up
productivity everywhere else.
bye,
lobo
