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Comment Re:No one cares about D (Score 1) 404

But language design dictates how libraries are written and how they are used. The language design decisions directly and deeply influence the flexibility, safety, and ease with which one can interface with a library, compose libraries, and so on.

Besides, we're already living in a world of C/Worse Is Better. D is a welcome exploration into improving the state of *systems programming*.

Comment Re:Does it really (Score 1) 296

In fact, many have concluded that the concept of independent kernel process cooperating via message passing, regardless of the tasks that they are attempting to perform, is inherently slower than single process monolithic designs and although object orientation allows greater flexability and abstraction it is always paid for in raw performance.

http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/groups/os/singularity/

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