Bill Baxter wrote:
Looks interesting.
* Uses a module system
* Built-in arrays are value types.
* Python like slice syntx a[lo:hi]
* immutable strings
* switch has no break. Use "fallthrough" to fallthrough.
* Nested functions
* First class tuples ( a,b = func(), a,b=b,a )
* := for assignment
* Uses "var" to declare variables (this was chapmpioned by some here
instead of auto)
* varible type comes after declaration and is optional
* return type of functions comes after parameters
* No Windows port yet. That's going to be a bit of a roadblock to
widespread adoption.
* Iota!?
* ...
There's a lot there that looks either like D or like things people in
the D community have argued for.
It's also missing quite a few things that people in the D community take
for granted.
And it's got the billion dollar backing of a major company.
That part I missed.
Andrei
