On: D Language accepted for inclusion in GCC

[leshow]

> old versions of Rust absolutely intended to replace C++

is that true? Old versions of Rust looked like Go, IMO.

[kibwen → leshow]

Indeed, but as I say in my comment, Go originally foresaw itself replacing C++ as well. The idea that one needed to add a runtime in order to "replace" C++ stems back to the original (and massively successful!) C++ replacement: Java.