need "Go For D Programmers" page for comparing

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by vipper36:

Go language is similar to D programming language. so this is needed.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/index.html
"D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power
and high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of
modern languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the
needs of quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and
reliability. "

*import module
D: import std.stdio;
Go: import "fmt"

*concat array
D: a ~ b
Go: a + b

*array literal
D: [1, 2, 3, 4] // int[4] (value type)
Go: ?

D: ([1, 2, 3, 4])[] // int[] (reference type)
Go: [...]int{1, 2, 3, 4} // ?

*array slice
D: a[2..4]
Go: a[2:4]

D: a[0..$]
Go: a[0:len(a)]

*const
D: const(int)* a;
Go: ?

*immutable
D: immutable(int)* a;
Go: ?

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Comment 1:

Status changed to Accepted.

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Comment 2:

Status changed to Thinking.

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Comment 3 by aliloko:

As a D programmer, i think that Go looks like D retarded cousin. 
It might become better in the future, but in the current state it's lightyears behind.

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Comment 4 by erik.engheim:

I agree, but with some modification. I think to many it seems like D and Go try to fill
the same niche. So I think 
clarifying the difference is worth doing. D might seem too obscure to bother with, but I
think for the group of 
people who would get into Go at this stage, D is probably quite well known. It is not
like Go is any less obscure 
than D.
Personally if I was to sum up the difference then I'd say D is about taking the
philosophy behind C++ and doing 
it right, while Go is more about making a very modern version of C (taking cues from
script languages).

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Comment 5 by aliloko:

Then it may be better to talk about this vision than comparing syntactical difference.

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Comment 6:

I don't think this is going to happen on the main site.
I hope someone will write a nice blog post that we
can point people at, and there has been discussion
on the mailing list that might be interesting too.

Status changed to WorkingAsIntended.

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Comment 7:

CL https://golang.org/cl/123240043 mentions this issue.