Swift is coming, Swift is coming

[Thiez via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 26 November 2015 at 06:14:47 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> I don't consider Java and C# real competitors to Swift or D, as 
> they're much older and won't attract the same users.  Certainly 
> not Java, with how verbose it is, haven't looked at C# too 
> much.  But for those with legacy codebases, those moves towards 
> AoT compilation will certainly help keep those languages 
> relevant, so good for them.

Much older? c# is only one year older than D. One might argue 
that D1 doesn't count, but c# has also received various 
improvements over the years, and is currently at version 6.