On Friday, 19 May 2017 at 13:35:07 UTC, Tobias Mueller wrote:
I don't really understand why there is so much bashing of other languages on this forum (not just Rust, but also Java, C, C++, etc). For me personally, this leaves a bad taste and makes the D community look unfriendly. There's room for both, Rust and D. Some just don't want a GC, for whatever valid or invalid reason. And some like it. Some like the terseness of D and others the explicitness of Rust. Some prefer the declarative nature of Rust, others the introspection of D. As I see it, Rust and D might target similar problems, but as a language they are quite different.
I'm not sure I see a lot of bashing of other languages take place here. On the second part of your comment, I'd not only agree, but I'd say Rust is good for D. The two languages are simply too far apart to appeal to the same programmers. That means D can specialize and go deeply in its area, with no pressure to do what Rust is doing. You can call one from the other, so I don't see a problem. D is not a company, it is a language, and the focus should be on being as good as possible in one area. It's no longer 1980 where you have to use C for things it was not designed to do.
