Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx

"X++ is an object-oriented language with similarities to C++ and Java."

"The memory management model is extremely simple: objects are created with a new operator. There are no explicit programmer-defined pointer data types, and there is no pointer arithmetic."

"The X++ garbage collector runs automatically; as soon as no references exist to a particular object, that object is deleted and its storage is reclaimed."

-- serg

Reply to Serg,

> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
> 
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
> 
> "X++ is an object-oriented language with similarities to C++ and
> Java."
> 
> "The memory management model is extremely simple: objects are created
> with a new operator. There are no explicit programmer-defined pointer
> data types, and there is no pointer arithmetic."
> 
> "The X++ garbage collector runs automatically; as soon as no
> references exist to a particular object, that object is deleted and
> its storage is reclaimed."
> 

BTW M$ didn't make X++, they bought it. Also it's a domain specific language for business logic. Or so I'm told by someone who should known.

serg kovrov schrieb:
> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
> 
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
> 

I can see the 2 percent D influence clearly ....

Bjoern

BLS wrote:
> serg kovrov schrieb:
>> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
>>
>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
>>
> 
> I can see the 2 percent D influence clearly ....
> 
> Bjoern

Well, probably it is lack of smiles that spoil the joke =)

-- serg.

serg kovrov wrote:
> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
> 
> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
> 
> "X++ is an object-oriented language with similarities to C++ and Java."
> 
> "The memory management model is extremely simple: objects are created with a new operator. There are no explicit programmer-defined pointer data types, and there is no pointer arithmetic."
> 
> "The X++ garbage collector runs automatically; as soon as no references exist to a particular object, that object is deleted and its storage is reclaimed."
> 
> -- serg

Nope, from those quotes alone it's clear that X++ is totally unsuitable
for systems programming tasks. It's not even remotely competition for D.

regards, frank

serg kovrov schrieb:
> BLS wrote:
>> serg kovrov schrieb:
>>> Aaa!!! Microsoft adopted D! (the way it adopted Java and Delphi):
>>>
>>> http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa867122.aspx
>>>
>>
>> I can see the 2 percent D influence clearly ....
>>
>> Bjoern
> 
> Well, probably it is lack of smiles that spoil the joke =)
> 
> -- serg.
:( Dammned, here they are :) :)  !
bjoern

D but not D... Oh, I don't like M$ :(