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NG:digitalmars.D/6990:
I would like to know your opinions regarding the prospects of D against the modern rising trend-setters like Python and 'the OO' Ruby.
The Top 5 differences/distinctions, please.
Any D and Ruby/python interoperation chances/benefits?
Thanking you, Irfan.
From NG:digitalmars.D/6997:
http://www.scratch-ware.net/D/ (now http://www.scratch-ware.net/dfiles/)
I've ported over the Python/C API to D so you can embed Python into D or extend Python from D.
Aside from that, at least on the Python vs. D front, there's not really much else for comparison. They're really two different languages with their own distinct advantages over eachother, depending on what you're trying to do.
From NG:digitalmars.D/7002:
A combination of D and Python could be very productive indeed. You still get the breakneck development speed Python is famous for, but you don't have quite as delecate a balancing act between speed and power, as D isn't all that hard to write either. -- andy
From NG:digitalmars.D/7004:
Anyways, I know enough about Python to toss out some differences.
- In D everything is REALLY compiled. I know that you can emulate it in Python by embedding .py into .exe's, but it's not quite the same.
- Since it's natively compiled I'd bet that D program would typically run faster (and probably use less memory). I'm sure there are exceptions to that, but that should generally be the case.
- In Python, whitespace (tabs or spaces) is used to denote blocks. I prefer D's use of curly braces {}.
- Can you use Python for systems programming? I don't think so.
Also, there are many libraries, wrappers, and interfaces available for Python that do many cool things. D's library support will grow, but I doubt it will catch up to Python anytime soon.
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