Comment Re:The D Programming Language (Score 1) 517
I have been using D for a few weeks now, and I am amazed at how productive and fun it is to use compared to C++. It has the flexibility of C#/Java and the performance of C/C++.
I've been working in C/C++ for more than 10 years now, and the language's been getting so complex and it's libraries so full of template hacks, that it's no longer fun to work with.
Java, on the other side, has a cleaner syntax, but it's memory footprint and general bloat make it impossible to use in any place except big server applications. Even the best results when writing GUI applications (those that use SWT) are not responsive enough compared to those written in C/C++.
There are very interesting D projects at dsource.org, including Mango, DDL, DWT, Build and others.
You should evaluate the language and judge it on its technical merits. If you're a C++ programmer looking for greener pastures, I'm sure you'll fall in love with the language immediately.
I've been working in C/C++ for more than 10 years now, and the language's been getting so complex and it's libraries so full of template hacks, that it's no longer fun to work with.
Java, on the other side, has a cleaner syntax, but it's memory footprint and general bloat make it impossible to use in any place except big server applications. Even the best results when writing GUI applications (those that use SWT) are not responsive enough compared to those written in C/C++.
There are very interesting D projects at dsource.org, including Mango, DDL, DWT, Build and others.
You should evaluate the language and judge it on its technical merits. If you're a C++ programmer looking for greener pastures, I'm sure you'll fall in love with the language immediately.
