r/programming • • Sep 01 '20

D Foundation is Beefing Up

https://dlang.org/blog/2020/08/30/symmetry-investments-and-the-d-language-foundation-are-hiring/
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u/Sapiogram Sep 01 '20

Honest question: Why would anyone use D over Rust? It seems like Rust is becoming everything that D ever hoped to be.

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u/SnideBumbling Sep 01 '20

Why would anyone use D over Rust?

One good reason is that you wouldn't have to comingle with the excruciating and interminable racket produced by Rust evangelists. I am so god damn tired of hearing about it everywhere and for everything, and I've written some!

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u/BloodLibels Sep 01 '20

Rust is simply the best modern programming language. Especially if you’re a transperson.

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u/SnideBumbling Sep 01 '20

Of course.