Re:The D Programming Language Conference '23
by pjmlp on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @09:15AM
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Overall management.
Every couple of years there is this great new change that will bring the masses, while at the same time the latest biggest one isn't fully finalised with all corner cases sorted out.
Then when C++, C#, Java or other languages catch up, there is the sentiment that D did it first.
Well, it might have (or not when looking into CS research), but it hardly matters, as the former ones have better tooling, editors and established ecosystems.
Every couple of years there is this great new change that will bring the masses, while at the same time the latest biggest one isn't fully finalised with all corner cases sorted out.
Then when C++, C#, Java or other languages catch up, there is the sentiment that D did it first.
Well, it might have (or not when looking into CS research), but it hardly matters, as the former ones have better tooling, editors and established ecosystems.