On Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:26:53 Walter Bright wrote: > On 7/24/2012 8:58 PM, Craig Dillabaugh wrote: > > I think C++ got 76% of the vote on this one. Why would you ever > > write something in C++ with the intent of rewriting it in > > something else later? > > I don't get that, either.
Maybe they wanted to rewrite it D later but had to write in C++ at the time because their boss made them or because they needed a library from C++ that would be too difficult to use with D by simply adding a few bindings (e.g. a GUI library)? Still, that is a bit weird. - Jonathan M Davis
