On Thursday, 11 October 2018 at 21:22:19 UTC, aberba wrote:
When writing a throwaway script that I will only use a handful of times, optimising that code isn’t necessarily high on my priority list. The priority is to get it written, and get it running. That’s where the V8 (C++) engine that NodeJS is compiled into throws you a bone.
That is fine, if you want to position yourself as competition to languages like Go, Java or C#. D wants to be a viable competition to languages like C, C++ and Rust, as a result, there are usecases where GC might not be enough. Also, the quoted part mentions throwaway scripts, which D can be used for, but most people would use Python or Node.JS like in the article instead.
