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Re:Better C – A subset of D Programming Language by lumberjackstian on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:28AM (#23005926)
Relevant post in a discussion thread that's related to the future of lazy in D: https://forum.dlang.org/post/[email protected]...
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Re:Better C – A subset of D Programming Language by WalterBright on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @07:33AM (#23005959)
Yeah, lazy is a failure. Can't hit a homer every time. I'm not sorry we tried it. But it's time to take it behind the woodshed.
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Re:Better C – A subset of D Programming Language by lumberjackstian on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @09:48AM (#23019109)
Why is lazy a failure and what makes it so?

And are there any languages where lazy is not a failure in your opinion?

Edit: removed link to wrong swift feature proposal.

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