> You're right. And D has been criticized (ironically by some C++ experts)
as
> being a grab bag of features, despite my having said no to a very long
list
> of feature requests <g>. The trick is to decide which features to include and which to exclude, based on their cost in terms of language complexity versus their benefit in terms of simplifying things for the user.

I actually disagree, I think you have achieved a lot, with an economy of syntax that is comendable.  I am going to keep exploring the language but I hope to send you my comments at the end.  I already have a long list of pros and cons, but overall I am amazed at the simplicity and power of D.

Yea, you can get away with using / as a directory seperator in Win2K , but not in Win98.  This is the only time ive run into this.

C

"Matthew" <matthew.hat@stlsoft.dot.org> wrote in message news:bvhq5t$omm$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "JanC" <usenet_spam@janc.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns94821A5C079E7JanC@213.119.4.35...
> > "Matthew" <matthew.hat@stlsoft.dot.org> schreef:
> >
> > > The / vs \ is entirely an artifact of the operating system, and nothing to do with the D and Java languages. If you use Java on Win32, you will be manipulating paths with backslashes.
> >
> > AFAIK DOS & Windows support both "\" and "/" at the API level; only at
the
> > command line you have to use "\".
>
> I'd very surprised if this was the case. I'm pretty sure I've been bitten
by
> this by several Win32 APIs.
>
> Haven't programmed to DOS for over five years, so I cannot comment on
that.
>
> >
> > -- 
> > JanC
> >
> > "Be strict when sending and tolerant when receiving."
> > RFC 1958 - Architectural Principles of the Internet - section 3.9
>
>

"Andres Rodriguez" <rodriguez@ai.sri.com> wrote in message news:bvjvh2$1790$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > You're right. And D has been criticized (ironically by some C++ experts)
> as
> > being a grab bag of features, despite my having said no to a very long
> list
> > of feature requests <g>. The trick is to decide which features to
include
> > and which to exclude, based on their cost in terms of language
complexity
> > versus their benefit in terms of simplifying things for the user.
> I actually disagree, I think you have achieved a lot, with an economy of syntax that is comendable.  I am going to keep exploring the language but I hope to send you my comments at the end.  I already have a long list of pros and cons, but overall I am amazed at the simplicity and power of D.

Thanks! And when you are ready, post the pros and cons here, and maybe even on your web site if you have one.

"C" <dont@respond.com> wrote in message news:bvjvuj$18ke$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Yea, you can get away with using / as a directory seperator in Win2K , but not in Win98.  This is the only time ive run into this.

The trouble with using / as a separator in win32 is that sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. It isn't always predictable when it won't work. I just bit the bullet and did different makefiles.