I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 conference in Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 2024).

Let me know if you'll be joining (in-person or online)! The recording of the talk will otherwise be posted after the talk, and slides will immediately be available on my website after the talk is given.

https://accuconference.org/session/how-dlang-improves-my-modern-cpp-and-vice-versa

ABSTRACT: The D programming language (DLang) is a multi-paradigm language (like C++) developed to solve real software engineering problems. DLang has a rich history since its inception in 2001, and continues to be an actively evolving memory-safe language used in industry. In this talk, I will discuss how learning and using the D language has directly benefited my use and learning of C++ and vice versa. We'll look at the evolution of both C++ and Dlang, and see how each language has borrowed from each other during their most recent evolution in the past decade. Throughout the talk, I will provide side-by-side code comparisons showing idiomatic ways to complete tasks in D alongside C++ code examples. The goal of this talk however is not to pit one language against the other, but rather to show how to use each language to its strengths and learn how to become a better programmer. Audience members are expected to be familiar with Modern C++, but are not expected to have any prior D programming experience.

On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 01:38:20 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:

great piece Mike!

On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 19:45:05 UTC, Emmanuel wrote:

+1

On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 01:38:20 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:

+1

My favorite example is glibc implementation of putenv function: it first finds the '=' character and takes a temporary slice of the variable name and then employs a tortured null terminated string cope trying to allocate a string with alloca or malloc, then copies the slice there and passes the resulting null terminated string to common setenv implementation, then cleanups the allocated string. And there I thought: "ugh, dude, what are you doing, just pass the slice as is".