Re: [RFC] Convert builin-mailinfo.c to use The Better String Library.

[David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>]

Walter Bright <boost@digitalmars.com> writes:

> Linus Torvalds wrote:
>> And if you want a fancier language, C++ is absolutely the worst one
>> to choose. If you want real high-level, pick one that has true
>> high-level features like garbage collection or a good system
>> integration, rather than something that lacks both the sparseness
>> and straightforwardness of C, *and* doesn't even have the high-level
>> bindings to important concepts. 
>>
>> IOW, C++ is in that inconvenient spot where it doesn't help make
>> things simple enough to be truly usable for prototyping or simple
>> GUI programming, and yet isn't the lean system programming language
>> that C is that actively encourags you to use simple and direct
>> constructs.
>
> The D programming language is a different take than C++ has on growing
> C. I'm curious what your thoughts on that are (D has garbage
> collection, while still retaining the ability to directly manage
> memory). Can you enumerate what you feel are the important concepts?

A design is perfect not when there is no longer anything you can add
to it, but if there is no longer anything you can take away.

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