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What problem is D solving ?


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sreantoday at 12:05 PM

To be a modern and sane C++ that C++ could have been, (rather than a complex collection of tacked on languages that C++ is), with modules instead of the the mess of C++'s headers, with instant compilation times that does not need a compilation server farm.

arcadia_leaktoday at 10:39 AM

One good case for it that I see is a viable basis for cross-platform desktop apps. Today, cross-platform desktop GUI apps are either just a snapshot of the website contained inside Electron, or a C/C++ code base with manual memory management. D can serve as a nice middle ground in that space.

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