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> does all things well a great feature IMO, helps communication in large teams I believe (in the imaginary world where teams use D :) thanks for the link, have the best day
This world is not imaginary
Maybe it's like some languages that don't chase growth/viral/visibility but exist calmly doing work.
D is a refreshing language in the sea of "alternative to C languages", they didn't reinvent the syntax, so if you come from C, using D will feel very natural and at home! (and you'll be protected from most unsafe/ub quirks of C) When it comes to metaprogramming, it's excellent, but it is a double edged sword, it can be useful, but if abused it'll tank your build speed, so one must find a proper balance to avoid pain…
D isn't a good substitute for C due to its garbage collector. Yes, people always chime in about how you can disable D's garbage collector, but then you're stuck with an awkward language that lacks support for basic things like exceptions, closures, strings, slices, and a host of other features not to mention pretty much any third party library. If you are willing to accept a GC then D might be a good choice, if you f…
You can ignore the GC or totally suppress it with @nogc or even not even link it with -betterC flag
Having the GC optional is nice since you no longer need to use a scripting language to do your cli tools or utilities, it's there and well integrated
If you are a proper developer who care about speed and fast code, you'll want to develop your own STL anyways, just like C/C++ are already doing, just like Rust people are also doing to get faster compile speed, D gives C/C++ interop as well as full C11 compiler
So it's the perfect evolution of C, since it can compile and consume its ecosystem
You can even consume python and rust libraries, wgpu works great with D