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Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by mariusor on Saturday April 26, 2025 @07:47AM (#43802765)
For game development? I imagine having to use only structs but not classes would be something that forces a "non idiomatic D" experience. Dynamic arrays sound like something that's very useful for a game. I don't know, there are plenty of features that are incompatible with better C that makes D, D. Generally speaking, garbage collection would be the biggest in my opinion.
Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by monkeyelite on Saturday April 26, 2025 @10:35AM (#43804002)
Yeah this person is asking how to make the smallest executable. They don’t want garbage collection.
Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by mariusor on Saturday April 26, 2025 @11:06AM (#43804260)
Garbage collection was about what I would be missing. I mentioned before what could be missing from OP's point of view.
Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by monkeyelite on Saturday April 26, 2025 @12:43PM (#43805125)
Ok. I think the better C mode is cool and I think it’s worth a try for his interest and project.
Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by mariusor on Sunday April 27, 2025 @04:25AM (#43810352)
I fully agree with you, but I think that if you present it as an option to somebody you should write a line or two about the potential downsides, so they have a better picture. Sorry if I was too abrupt in my criticism of your post. :)
Re:Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference by WalterBright on Saturday April 26, 2025 @01:44PM (#43805612)
You can still use classes in BetterC - you just have to allocate them yourself. D recently acquired "placement new" which makes that more convenient.