Hello everyone, first post...

Just saw this:  http://joeduffyblog.com/2013/12/27/csharp-for-systems-programming/

D (and Rust) get a mention with this quote:  "There are other candidates early in their lives, too, most notably Rust and D. But hey, my team works at Microsoft, where there is ample C# talent and community just an arm’s length away."

On 12/28/13, Barry L. <barry.lapthorn@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just saw this: http://joeduffyblog.com/2013/12/27/csharp-for-systems-programming/

Hmm it's already down (database error). Is there a cached version?

On 12/28/13, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/28/13, Barry L. <barry.lapthorn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just saw this: http://joeduffyblog.com/2013/12/27/csharp-for-systems-programming/
>
> Hmm it's already down (database error). Is there a cached version?
>

It seems this is relevant (from reddit):
http://lambda-the-ultimate.org/node/4862

On 12/28/13, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12/28/13, Barry L. <barry.lapthorn@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just saw this: http://joeduffyblog.com/2013/12/27/csharp-for-systems-programming/
>
> Hmm it's already down (database error). Is there a cached version?

Found cached version from HN: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F&oq=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F

On 12/28/13, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
> Found cached version from HN: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F&oq=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F

Well anyway there's nothing really "meaty" here. They don't say whether it's a language which will de-facto run mostly on Windows (of course it will be..), the syntax isn't shown, practically nothing is shown.

On Saturday, 28 December 2013 at 13:49:44 UTC, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 12/28/13, Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Found cached version from HN:
>> http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F&oq=cache%3Ajoeduffyblog.com%2F2013%2F12%2F27%2Fcsharp-for-systems-programming%2F
>
> Well anyway there's nothing really "meaty" here. They don't say
> whether it's a language which will de-facto run mostly on Windows (of
> course it will be..), the syntax isn't shown, practically nothing is
> shown.

Sounds like they are building a Windows only version of D.

This is interesting but:
 - they don't talk about generic code?
 - it's not clear if their language solves the build time issue C++ have
(which D solves)
 - if it's not a totally open language specification, then it's a dead-end
to me.

> But hey, my team works at Microsoft, where there is ample C# talent and community just an arm’s length away.

Pretty much definition of NiH syndrome :)

On Saturday, 28 December 2013 at 16:10:43 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> Pretty much definition of NiH syndrome :)

Exactly. I'm always secretly hoping Microsoft's next programming project involves them using and contributing to LLVM. But then I remember it's Microsoft and they don't do anything that could be beneficial for all. They're always going to reinvent the wheel and their wheel is going to have a different bolt pattern than every other wheel.

On Saturday, 28 December 2013 at 11:13:55 UTC, Barry L. wrote:
> Hello everyone, first post...

D#? Heaven help us!