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  1. May 12th, 2002, 08:45 PM #1
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    D programming language?

    http://digitalmars.com/d/

    Seems like it has potential, covering a lot of the "problem" areas of C/C++. What are your thoughts?
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  2. May 12th, 2002, 08:59 PM #2
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    it seems there are some advantages to it over C++ however i really don't think that it will catch on. Just like i don't believe C# should be touted by MS as the replacement for C++. The C++ language was not developed by one company, this is evident from the fact that there are many many compilers for C++. C# is like VB one compiler for it was developed by one company, one company controls the language definition. The successor to C++ shouldn't be developed by one company even if that company is heavy into linux. the successor to C++ should be developed by the larger linux community. That will ensure that an incredable amount of knowledge from many aspects of the feild of computers goes into making it.
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  3. May 13th, 2002, 01:18 PM #3
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    I think the next logical step up in programming software should be
    the B- language....


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    There was a B language at one time - stood for Bell Labs or whoever invented it.

    And I think VB, Java, Perl, etc. are already decent successors to C++, IMHO.
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  7. May 13th, 2002, 03:07 PM #6
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    Thumbs down my 2 cents

    It looks like non-portable Java with access to pointers.

    In fact, I read that page months ago (perhaps over a year) and I still don't see it catching on.
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  8. May 13th, 2002, 04:27 PM #7
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    it looks too much like a slightly simplified c++, I don't like it, I don't like C++ either so don't mind me
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  9. May 14th, 2002, 05:11 AM #8
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    looks very much like some kind of combination of C++ and Java.
    And since I don't like Java, I don't think I like it.
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  11. May 14th, 2002, 09:58 AM #9
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    I'm more interested in Stroustrup's ideas for the future evolution of C++. I read something a while ago about some talk he gave on it.
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