Zortech C++ was the first C++ compiler available for PCs. I bought it even though I had a Mac, and ran it in emulation, to learn C++. Apple had their AT&T Cfront-based MPW C++ compiler about half a year later I think.
Then Symantec acquired Zortech, and totally destroyed the compiler in version 6, immediately driving everyone to the new Metrowerks just as PowerPC came out.
I wonder why that's something worth wondering about.
Maybe they like it? It's a perfectly reasonable systems language, even if it's not my personal favorite. It might be something questionable if they used Fortran or Algol-68, sure.
I think it's a fair question to ask; what particular qualities of D drew them off the beaten path for this kind of task?
Now, I know the answer as a former D acolyte - it's an interesting language with powerful abstractions, albeit hobbled in some ways - but most people don't, so I think it a reasonable question to ask.
I guess the way I read it was my like "why would you choose D when Rust and Zig exist"...but you're right, it could have been a perfectly curious question.
You're really pettyfogging simply to be contrarian. C is a language with a large and active community, and is still the most common/popular language in its fields. Algol-68 and Fortran are not. It has nothing to do with age of the language and everything to do with modern-day usefilledness.
The fact that you're unable to distinguish the difference means you're being purposefully obtuse and annoying or are simply naive.
> The fact that you're unable to distinguish the difference means you're being purposefully obtuse and annoying or are simply naive.
This part is really unnecessary. Parent is most likely not "unable to distinguish" and name calling poisons the air and cheapens your other point which I think is good.
Fair point, I apologize for the petty comments. They were unnecessary. I sometimes have a low bar for intentional contrarianism/obtuseness at the expense of useful discourse.
