DConf 2026 in London | Hacker News
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DConf 2026 in London sparked debate over D’s keynote on error handling, especially exceptions vs. result types.
The discussion also covered RAII-like scope cleanup and practical tradeoffs in D and C++ for real-world reliability.
Participants noted progress on druntime for WebAssembly, including Emscripten and WASI support.
The thread also aired frustration with the old D ecosystem’s leadership and contrasted it with OpenD.