digitalmars.com— Like Java because of its nicely structured classes and uncomplicated syntax, but wish it had the power and efficiency of C or C++? Look no further than than D!
Apr 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
FORTRAN is older and has gone through more optimization for math than other languages. Of course that doesn't make it cool, fun, or in any way palatable. =)
Java does have the power and efficiency of C and C++; at least close to it.Java makes it far, far, far easier to write code that is portable. In fact, C and C++ code take a lot of work/knowledge/experience to use to write portable code. With Java it is difficult to write code that is seriously non-portable and easy to write very portable code.The C/C++ features that Java's designers purposely left out because they make code harder to read/understand by developers and automated tools & IDEs are in D. The obfuscated D contest would be a lot easier to compete in than the obfuscated Java contest.
incognitocravenApr 25, 2006
Bad name, C++ = D
ferrixApr 25, 2006
FORTRAN is older and has gone through more optimization for math than other languages. Of course that doesn't make it cool, fun, or in any way palatable. =)
gonzApr 25, 2006
There's no reason to travel beyond C++ O_o
Closed AccountApr 25, 2006
TeleUSE (<a class="user" href="http://www.aonix.com/teleuse_faq.html)">http://www.aonix.com/teleuse_faq.html)</a> had a language called "D" back in the early 90s. And there are bound to have been a whole heap of other similar efforts with the same name.
johnnysoftwareApr 27, 2006
Java does have the power and efficiency of C and C++; at least close to it.Java makes it far, far, far easier to write code that is portable. In fact, C and C++ code take a lot of work/knowledge/experience to use to write portable code. With Java it is difficult to write code that is seriously non-portable and easy to write very portable code.The C/C++ features that Java's designers purposely left out because they make code harder to read/understand by developers and automated tools & IDEs are in D. The obfuscated D contest would be a lot easier to compete in than the obfuscated Java contest.
prisonerofpainApr 29, 2006
Z does allready exist.<a class="user" href="http://spivey.oriel.ox.ac.uk/mike/zrm/zrm.pdf">http://spivey.oriel.ox.ac.uk/mike/zrm/zrm.pdf</a>
torhuAug 30, 2006
The D compiler uses the the same backend as the Digital Mars C/C++ compiler, so the optimizations are there.
Closed AccountSep 4, 2006
For my purposes, and in general, I believe Java is the future of programming, and C# and .NET as well. C, C++, and D aren't going too far.