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Re:The reference D compiler is now open source by gmfawcett on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:07PM (#14061471)
Sure, but it's not just about whether you fit in the range or not, it's about language design and tradeoffs. Not everyone will appreciate D, but I really think it hits a sweet-spot of language features that I haven't found elsewhere.

I've enjoyed programming in Ocaml, Rust, C++, Haskell, many Lisps, etc. -- they are all excellent languages. But I find (to my own surprise) that I often come back to D when playing with a new design, exactly because of that sweet-spot. I highly recommend giving it a try if you haven't already.

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Re:The reference D compiler is now open source by saosebastiao on Friday April 07, 2017 @01:12PM (#14061520)
That's fair. I love Scala but hate the JVM and all the compromises Scala has made to shoehorn itself into the JVM. Even though there is now a scala-native, I'd still probably not use it until it matures to the level that D is at, and D (or OCaml) would probably be a better choice for me for those usecases.
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