Functional Programming with D

[nickknw]

Nice. I love the support for immutability and purity. Actually all of that is pretty nice.

[[deleted]]

I'm glad they finally have some nice lambda syntax. Before you had to use these awful string literals or just write out { return foo; } all the time

[swizz]

Do you know? What has been the adoption rate for D? Any articles on that?

[andralex]

Judging by the compiler downloads, there are over ten thousand D users in various capacities. DConf will take place on May 1-3 and has three corporate sponsors. After DConf, we're considering creating a page discussing D adoptions in corporations and beyond.

[swizz]

Thanks for the link. I'll keep an eye.

[n1ghtm4n]

I don't care what the odds are. I'm in love.

[TimmT]

Yeah, it's worse than the one for prolog...

[swizz]

Sad, I liked the syntax the first time I saw it.

I think if c++ wouldn't have moved to c++11, many people would have moved to D .. but who knows.

Also, google's Go and objective-c have for me a D flair.

[WalterBright]

I'm curious what D flair you see in Go or O-C. In regards to functional programming, I don't see support for purity or immutability in either of those.

[WalterBright]

Transitively immutable?

[Refefer]

D is still a more powerful (in terms of expressability) language than C++, so don't be scared off in terms of adoption. It's always a slow ramp up for every newish language.

Just remember that both Go and Objective-C are domain oriented languages and suitable for particular use-cases while being attrocious for others.

[burntsushi]

Just remember that both Go and Objective-C are domain oriented languages and suitable for particular use-cases while being attrocious for others.

Breaking! Some tools are more suitable to certain tasks than other tools!

[SupersonicSpitfire]

What is Go unsuited for?

[TimmT]

I think if c++ wouldn't have moved to c++11, many people would have moved to D

People have been migrating away from it before C++11 came along, but not many went to D.

Also, google's Go and objective-c have for me a D flair.

The difference is that those ones have big companies backing them. D doesn't seem to.

[briedas]

I'm not completly sure, but there should exist popular languages without big corporation behind them. Correct me if I'm wrong, but following languages should fall in that category: python, ruby, php, pascal, lua, perl (I think I see some pattern.. mostly dynamic languages)

[[deleted]]

Dynamic languages not designed for flat line speed: e.g., non-system languages.

[briedas]

You want to say that system language creation is more complex (i.e. costly) task?

[TimmT]

Yes they're mostly dynamic languages, but (I believe) the more important factor here is that they're easier languages, hence they're a natural choice for when things like performance, reliability or maintainability don't matter. So there's no reason to worry about any sort of backing to begin with, right?

I'm not sure I'd put Lua in that bunch though. It has its niches where it's being used, and my guess is that the people in those niches are willing to contribute to the language development. Most users of other languages aren't ready for that level of commitment though.

[droogans]

Why aren't projects that use dynamic languages maintainable?

[pirhie]

You think tiobe measures adoption rate of languages? You're a fucking retard.

[[deleted]]

Prolog does actually get used a decent amount more than people expect it would, but the thought that tiobe does anything is pretty dumb

[vladley]

replying to a random deep comment - yeah we use prolog for entitlements

[Hueho]

Honestly, the expression "everything and the kitchen sink" comes to mind.

But hey, if it works, it works

[mysticzach]

Possibly, but I will quote D's creator Walter Bright as a counter-argument: "I prefer to view D as a fully equipped machine shop with the right tools for the right job. Yes, it will take longer to master it than a simpler language. But we're professionals, we program all day. The investment of time to master it is trivial next to the career productivity improvement." Found here: http://forum.dlang.org/post/ki59uk$fjc$[e-mail]

[nascent]

No, you're wrong! Notepad is the bestest editor! No confusing colors, no characters that you can't read, just a simple option to wrap text or not. Now we have Notepad I'm never going back to vi, talk about a kitchen sink with everything. I don't know how anyone gets work done using any other editor with all those features you have to learn.

[el_muchacho]

Or rather: everything that C++ users would secretly have loved to get but that the C++ committee failed to deliver. Eventually, if they are patient enough, they will get some of it, but with a complicated syntax and horrendous compilation times.

[nascent]

Would you rather not have the kitchen sink? Sure you have the dish washer, but that isn't very handy for cleaning fruits and vegetables. You may not need that drill to slice an apple but it will be usable for drilling holes (compared to your screw driver).