Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:55:12 -0500, merlin wrote: > Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> TDPL, currently counting 398 pages including a small index, has entered >> editorial review this morning. The book draft includes everything >> except the threading chapter. I've marked the personal record of >> writing one chapter in one night :o). > > Congratulations. I must profess that over the last couple of months > I've been feeling a big uptick of enthusiasm about D2. It is really > quit an amazing language and with library and tool support should be > able to deliver what C, C++, Java, C# (and lately Go) have not. > > I did go through a period of skepticism about D leadership when I > realized that D2 was not really backwards compatible with D1 and had > trouble understanding why llvm hasn't played a bigger role in the long > term planning of the project. I have since come around to the point of > view that my fears were mostly misplaced...D2 is something quite special > and I think ultimately will take hold.
Just like D1 solved the problem of metaprogramming, D2 will solve many, if not most, multi-core threading problems with the immutable and thread local data types.
