Apple is looking for engineers to convert its code from C to Rust

Re:Apple is looking for engineers to convert its code from C... by glouwbug on Saturday March 21, 2020 @02:13AM (#22644898)

You do understand that you're replying to the founder of D, right? Walter put his whole life into D. Can we please show a little compassion for someone's life's work?

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Re:Apple is looking for engineers to convert its code from C... by WalterBright on Saturday March 21, 2020 @03:20AM (#22645146)

> Walter put his whole life into D. Can we please show a little compassion for someone's life's work?

While I appreciate the kind words, I am not looking for compassion. D must stand entirely on its own merits. D has already succeeded quite spectacularly:

1. we have a wonderful D community which has been utterly indispensible

2. D is part of the Gnu Compiler Collection

3. D has been accepted into the HOPL conference, which is quite an honor

A couple things we are particularly proud of:

4. D has been used by companies to make a LOT of money. They've told me that D is their secret weapon. :-)

5. contributing to the D community has enabled many people to advance into well paying and high status careers

6. D innovations regularly find their way into other languages

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Re:Apple is looking for engineers to convert its code from C... by glouwbug on Saturday March 21, 2020 @11:34AM (#22647230)

Godspeed, Walter. Been a fan since 2010 as I also come from a mechanical engineering background while being fascinated by programming.

TDPL sits next to KNR on my shelf

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Re:Apple is looking for engineers to convert its code from C... by optimaton on Saturday March 21, 2020 @02:20AM (#22644919)

I don’t think they do.

The response clearly is reasonable, but no reasonable person would say that on someone’s face. So I don’t think Marta _moreno really knew about Walter

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