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by lerno 408 days ago
It was introduced in 2017, and not part of the original direction of D (it’s neither in 1.0 nor the 2.0 revision of the language)

That D exposes a curated subset of D doesn’t make it a C alternative, even though the ”betterC” aims to target people looking for a C alternative

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> That D exposes a curated subset of D doesn’t make it a C alternative,

But why? You comment does not clarify what does this subset lack which prevents it being used as a C alternative. The intention is explicitly stated and the "spirit" argument is weak as overly subjective.