I've read the FAQ and it mentions C++ vs. D and Java vs. D, what strict advantages does D have over C#?

The big one is D has templates now, C# has them planned for v2.0.  Other than that, they're pretty close feature-wise from what little I know about C#.  Obviously M$ is strongly backing C#.

Sean

"Aaron England" <aarone@NO.SPAM.hawaii.edu> wrote in message news:Xns930133D4A3C8aaronehawaiiedu@63.105.9.61...
> I've read the FAQ and it mentions C++ vs. D and Java vs. D, what strict advantages does D have over C#?

I don't know a lot about C#. But one very large difference is C# requires a very large VM runtime and is isolated from the machine. This makes it difficult (impractical?) to write system apps and small utilities with C#. C# doesn't have contracts or unit testing, which are a major feature of D. I don't think its array semantics approach the flexibility and power of D's.

"Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@directvinternet.com> wrote in message news:avronh$vo3$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> The big one is D has templates now, C# has them planned for v2.0.  Other than that, they're pretty close feature-wise from what little I know about C#.  Obviously M$ is strongly backing C#.
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> Sean
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> "Aaron England" <aarone@NO.SPAM.hawaii.edu> wrote in message news:Xns930133D4A3C8aaronehawaiiedu@63.105.9.61...
> > I've read the FAQ and it mentions C++ vs. D and Java vs. D, what strict advantages does D have over C#?

You're right on those points.  The need for VM isn't crucial to the language and I see no reason why they can't strap on a backend that generates native code in the future.  Obviously you'd have to take advantage of the C# unsafe blocks to do any systems work.  I really don't like C#'s syntax for pointers.

IntPtr ip = new IntPtr(myaddress);

Makes me very claustrophobic.  C# needs way too much of the "new" keyword I think.

Sean

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:avsdqg$452$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> I don't know a lot about C#. But one very large difference is C# requires
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> "Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@directvinternet.com> wrote in message news:avronh$vo3$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > The big one is D has templates now, C# has them planned for v2.0.  Other than that, they're pretty close feature-wise from what little I know
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> > > I've read the FAQ and it mentions C++ vs. D and Java vs. D, what
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