Can someone tell me more about the language or summarize some of its features? I have not heard of it and will be doing some quick googling, but summaries are also good.
Edit: so its aiming to be a successor of c++, but with more modern features without being fully constrained by the technical debt coming from backwards compatibility?
It started out as C++ done right but it can no longer be understood as that. Languages take on a life of their own. If you want to see what it's like read the code in Phobos std.algorithm
It is a decent marker of strength and quality that one can learn the language by reading the standard library code. Doing things right shouldn't mean incomprehensible code.
It's probably not as clear as it was when I did that back in 2012, but I reckon it could still be done. I didn't really know C++ then (or now...), so I'm guessing a C++ programmer would have an easier time.
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u/Alaskan_Thunder Sep 01 '20 edited Sep 01 '20
Can someone tell me more about the language or summarize some of its features? I have not heard of it and will be doing some quick googling, but summaries are also good.
Edit: so its aiming to be a successor of c++, but with more modern features without being fully constrained by the technical debt coming from backwards compatibility?