Of course, D was built from C++'s merits and demerits, but it's not a C++ done right any more. D can do much more, then C++ can. D was a C++ done right in the past maybe.
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Don <[email protected]> wrote: > On 25.10.2011 11:40, bearophile wrote: >> >> Gor Gyolchanyan: >> >>> D doesn't have a religion. D is an atheistic language. >> >> I doubt this. There was even an attempt to write a D Zen. > > That was by you, though, wasn't it? <g> > OTOH I agree that it's got an underlying philosophy. It was clearly > motivated by a love/hate relationship with C++. > "C++ done right" is still not too far wrong, although it seems that when you > do C++ correctly, it looks like some other languages as well... >
