Comparison chart worries

[John Reimer]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 14:59:29 +0100, torhu wrote:

> Lutger wrote:
>   > The point is that this part of the quote still holds true and from a
>> marketing perspective reflects bad on D:
>> 
>> "Your comparison sheet is EXTREMELY misleading, as you completely ignore 
>> the .NET framework, which extends C# far beyond anything D can currently 
>> do. Ignoring the presence of many of these facilities in the .NET 
>> framework is a really shady tactic to make D seem like it has several 
>> important features that C# supposedly lacks."
> 
>  From http://www.digitalmars.com/d/comparison.html:
> 
> "While many capabilities are available with standard libraries, this 
> table is for features built in to the core language itself."
> 
> I guess the problem is that people don't read the introduction to the 
> comparison.  But it might be better to put 'library' instead of just 
> 'no' in that table anyway, like someone suggested.  Than flames like the 
> one you are quote might be less common.
> 
> I guess you just can't expect the slashdot crowd and many others to 'RTFA'.
> 
> And maybe the link to the comparison should be less prominent, and 
> labelled 'comparison of built-in features' instead of just 'comparison'?


Most people look at the chart and don't see anything but bright red and
green lights. :)

Walter's disclaimer just doesn't stand out, nor would it appease...

-JJR