On Monday, 8 April 2019 at 09:46:06 UTC, adam77 wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> I started using D as an alternative to Java, what attracted me to D was the robust memory management (including the way arrays are handled), and interoperability with C (specifically libraries) so far so good, but almost every language out there (maybe with the exception of C) seems the eschew language stability in favour of adopting whatever the latest fad is in programming languages features. I see on forums for a number of languages how features like lambda's or auto properties are essential to their language or if they are missing some feature how its a major detriment to the language. I sometimes wonder how a Turing machine could ever manage...
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See how many D users shout if you recommend particular features to delete. There will always be zealous users of almost every feature.

On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 12:57:16PM +0000, Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
> OK this is an old thread, but I think that when adam77 actually tries writing a web server in Turing machine ticker tape, he'll soon realise that in fact Turing machines *don't* manage, and those extra features are actually really useful.
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Ever tried writing a webserver in lambda calculus? I mean, hey, it's Turing-complete... ;-)


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On Monday, 28 March 2022 at 14:30:50 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 12:57:16PM +0000, Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
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> Ever tried writing a webserver in lambda calculus? I mean, hey, it's Turing-complete... ;-)
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Hmm web server.. what about CPU? :)
https://hackaday.com/2020/11/21/a-computer-in-the-game-of-life/