I have a plan.. I really DO

[Ecstatic Coder]

On Tuesday, 3 July 2018 at 07:42:22 UTC, RhyS wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 July 2018 at 12:43:53 UTC, Johannes Loher wrote:
>> Am 01.07.2018 um 14:12 schrieb Ecstatic Coder:
>>> 
>>> Add a 10-liner "Hello World" web server example on the main 
>>> page and that's it.
>>
>> There already is one in the examples:
>>
>> #!/usr/bin/env dub
>> /+ dub.sdl:
>> name "hello_vibed"
>> dependency "vibe-d" version="~>0.8.0"
>> +/
>> void main()
>> {
>>     import vibe.d;
>>     listenHTTP(":8080", (req, res) {
>>         res.writeBody("Hello, World: " ~ req.path);
>>     });
>>     runApplication();
>> }
>
> Its nice when it works.
>
> First: its a hack as nobody will run any production code with 
> the shebang include like the example posted. And they will be 
> forced set up a dub package. This already confuses people as 
> its two standards. Shebang is nice and well if you have Unix 
> experience but not so much for Windows users who have no Posix 
> experience.
>
> Crystal or Go where your simply adding a import http and your 
> can keep working on that code.
>
> Second: Its a hack and it fails easily. Maybe its dub or 
> whatever but i remember trying that example in the past several 
> times and had a lot of issues with failures using it. Using the 
> proper dub package actually worked better.
>
> So this http example is not exactly prime. Add to this that 
> Vibe.d also keeps having issues with D releases. Where DMD 
> breaks something (regressions come to mind) and when Vibe.d ( 
> and its dependencies ) as a result also break.
>
> I never found D + Vibe.D very reliable or stable. Your almost 
> forced to stick to a version of D and never reinstall your 
> system. Even setting up a home / work setup with some time 
> between can result in issues that eat away hours of your time.
>
> It also does not help that Vibe.D has problems to reach higher 
> performance levels.
>
> https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks/#section=test&runid=7dc8ea3a-6db5-41b8-a4d3-c18cfe72182b&hw=ph&test=fortune
>
> Even in my own tests, D+Vibe always lags behind Crystal, Go and 
> other languages. That is just shucking resources out of the 
> window. Not what you expect for a language this old.

+1

It couldn't be said better...