D programming language.

[Darkfeign]

So this was just a general topic of discussion that I was hoping people might have some insight into. Some of you might know of Andrei Alexandrescu from his work with C++ (particularly with Modern C++ Design etc.), anyway he's been working on the D language (http://dlang.org/) with its original creator for a while now as a proposed successor to C++ attempting to provide memory safety while still enabling low-level access (including in-line assembly) and I was just wondering if anyone has had much experience with the D language?

 

I know it's not yet gathered any where near as much support to be taken as a serious successor to C++ but i'm interested in people's experience with the language as I was thinking of taking it up in the summer once I finish university. The ability to combine functional and imperative programming in the same language is definitely of interest to me as this may be important if I take up the PhD offer for next year.

[majorawsome]

Well, this is new. This actually seems quite interesting. I for one have not worked with the D language but because I, or other people, do not know the language does not mean you shouldn't try it.

[Darkfeign]

I heard about it a while ago, stumbled across it by accident and it sounds quite promising but seems to lack a lot of community support. The idea of C++ with a controllable garbage collector sounds quite appropriate for all kinds of uses. It just seems a shame barely anybody actually knows or has used the language that I know.

[Spartan-S63]

The D programming language has been around for a few years. It's looked interesting, but I feel like they've departed from the standard C++-style syntax too much. It feels more like Java with directives like "import." And I have a strong aversion to Java. I don't think I'll ever pick up this language. I think there are far more substitutes like this one in the world that make this one another redundant language that won't be used. C# does almost exactly what D says it does. C# doesn't allow for inline assembly, but using P/Invoke would allow assembly interop.

 

But still, it's interesting. Maybe I'll give it a try someday.

[Assume]

The D programming language has been around for a few years. It's looked interesting, but I feel like they've departed from the standard C++-style syntax too much. It feels more like Java with directives like "import." And I have a strong aversion to Java. I don't think I'll ever pick up this language. I think there are far more substitutes like this one in the world that make this one another redundant language that won't be used. C# does almost exactly what D says it does. C# doesn't allow for inline assembly, but using P/Invoke would allow assembly interop.

 

But still, it's interesting. Maybe I'll give it a try someday.

Funny, I like the Java syntax more than any other language.

[Topido]

The D programming language has been around for a few years. It's looked interesting, but I feel like they've departed from the standard C++-style syntax too much. It feels more like Java with directives like "import." And I have a strong aversion to Java. I don't think I'll ever pick up this language. I think there are far more substitutes like this one in the world that make this one another redundant language that won't be used. C# does almost exactly what D says it does. C# doesn't allow for inline assembly, but using P/Invoke would allow assembly interop.

 

But still, it's interesting. Maybe I'll give it a try someday.

If you don't mind me asking, why do you have an aversion to java?