Memory Safety in a Modern System Programming Language Pt. 1

Re:Memory Safety in a Modern System Programming Language Pt. 1 by 3a2d29 on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @02:37PM (#31840001)

As much as I don’t want to complain about all the new low level languages (it’s really cool to see so much innovation!)

But I can’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed with options, and I know very few will ever catch on.

At least D seems to have some momentum, but I have fallen into the trap before of learning new languages that die.

I want to learn one of these, but I want it to last!

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Re:Memory Safety in a Modern System Programming Language Pt. 1 by dukc on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @03:02PM (#31840382)

D is pretty safe choice in that regard. It has been around 20 years already and still marches on. Also it has many companies using it that depend on it. So while there is no guarantee it will ever be among top-10 languages, it's unlikely to die off anytime soon either.

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Re:Memory Safety in a Modern System Programming Language Pt. 1 by verdagon on Wednesday June 22, 2022 @03:03PM (#31840390)

For sure. Most of those are pretty young and experimental, so I'm glad D is adding something solid!

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Re:Memory Safety in a Modern System Programming Language Pt. 1 by acehreli on Thursday June 23, 2022 @04:43PM (#31854901)

D is not popular but has a strong long-time following.

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