Entice Designer 0.8.2 release
Bill Baxter
dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com
Sun Apr 22 17:40:41 PDT 2007
Bill Baxter wrote:
> freeagle wrote:
>> Charlie wrote:
>>> DFL and Entice are really under-appreciated IMO , an awesome piece of
>>> work.
>>
>> I think this is because the project is hosted at www.dprogramming.com.
>> I'm not saying there's anything bad about it, but I think that first,
>> and probably the last, stop for any beginning D programmer is
>> www.dsource.org. That's why projects at dprogramming don't receive
>> much attention.
>
> It looks like a very nice project, but I think the fact that it's
> Windows-only is the reason for lack of widespread adoption. Heck I'm a
> Windows-only user but I won't touch Windows-only libraries. I value my
> own freedom to switch platforms at will too much, especially these days
> with Vista breathing uncomfortably down my neck. I also value the
> ability to share with friends who don't use Windows. So I never really
> gave DFL a second look.
>
> --bb
Wait, is DFL closed source? I couldn't find the source anywhere. That
might be another reason for lack of popularity.
--bb
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