Flutterby™! : The D programming language

Via /.: I've been a fan of Walter Bright ever since the days of the lamented Datalight C compiler. I used the Zortech C++ compiler that he wrote up into the days that Symantec bought it and completely destroyed it as a product. I hadn't been aware that he'd turned that into the Digital Mars C and C++ compiler for Win32, Win16, and DOS (which looks like it ships with some cool libraries too!). Anyway, he's got a specification and a proposal for a D Programming Language, higher level than C++, given his history it ought to be worth an evaluation.