D Development Paradigm

[Bruce Adams]

On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:50:52 -0000, Craig Black <cblack at ara.com> wrote:

>
> "Paul Anderson" <paul.d.anderson.removethis at comcast.andthis.net> wrote in
> message news:fin002$16l8$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Craig Black Wrote:
>>
>>> Listening to Walter argue with everyone about const again I had to  
>>> laugh.
>>> Does anyone else notice this pattern?
>>>
>>> 1) People propose an idea/complaint about a language feature
>>> 2) Walter makes a strong case for the way D does it
>>> 3) People press the point but Walter is stubborn
>>> 4) People get tired of arguing
>>> 5) Many months or years pass
>>> 6) For unknown reasons Walter changes his mind and makes the proposed
>>> change
>>>
>>> I remember a time when Walter disliked the idea of adding templates to  
>>> D.
>>> I
>>> also remember a time when Walter argued furiously against adding const.
>>> More recently he defended at length the 3-keyword const implementation.
>>> He
>>> always argues his points so adamantly that whenever he changes his mind
>>> it
>>> seems like a religious conversion. :)
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>>
>>>
>>
>> So does this mean the system is broken or that it works? :-)
>>
>> Paul
>
> Walter's doing a great job IMO.  I guess you could say he just has a  
> unique
> procedure for assimilating proposed language features..
>
Given how often people ask for new features and given how often the new  
features
asked for are dumb, either not thought through or based on a lack of  
knowledge of the
language you can hardly blame a language designer for wanting to play  
devil's advocate
even for features they like. Not to mention the time it takes to implement  
them. I had
the impression templates were always on the cards but are a complex  
feature.

Regards,

Bruce.