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Re:Why I use the D programming language for scripting by destructionator on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:04AM (#36931237)
What I like about D is if you already know it, it can adapt to just about anything you want, from these kind of shorter "scripts" to experimenting on bare metal to regular applications.

But yeah, if you already know ruby and python and perl and awk and the unix shell, there's not much to be gained in these examples. Just if you don't know those things and know a little D, it can meet you where you are and take you where you're going.

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Re:Why I use the D programming language for scripting by garrisonhh on Sunday July 30, 2023 @11:13AM (#36932001)
You can say that about most general purpose compiled languages. I guess I don't see why I would use D for any particular compiled use case over something like zig or rust? and if I just want to script system tasks I'm going to use popular languages with popular libraries and full batteries like python
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