D learning curve

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Sascha Katzner wrote:

> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>> It *has* a standard library.  It's Phobos.  It just so happens that
>> many D users use Tango instead ;)  Of course that begs the question:
>> is a "standard library" that is used by a minority all that
>> "standard"?
>                                              ^^^^^^^^
> Do you have any proof other than the very unrepresentative poll in this
> newsgroup that Tango has more users than Phobos? As far as I know no one
> knows the ratio of Phobos and Tango users, so this statement is only an
> assumption, based on what exactly? The hopes of Tango followers?
> 
> I don't mean to affront you or any other Tango user, but I respond very
> harsh if I'm under the impression that someone uses propaganda to push
> his goal.
> 
> Are there any download counts published that could give us a *hint* of
> which library is used more often?
> 
> LLAP,
> Sascha

You could look at the library code and projects at dsource that is being
written. Most projects and almost every big project uses Tango. That is
maybe even more important than the number of users.