Rebuild - an annoying feature

[Ty Tower]

Neil Vice Wrote:

> "Ty Tower" <tytower at hotmail.com.au> wrote in message 
> news:fr2r6r$1brv$1 at digitalmars.com...
> > Gregor Richards Wrote:
> > but he's not too smart ,I see why the problems and why so few users
> >
> > Keep covering your arse son and some fools will believe you and persevere.
> > 100 or so users in 4 years -not doing too well son
> 
> I must admit I have been very frustrated with D at times as I expected too 
> much of an alpha version (D2 is still considered alpha yes?) that I 
> understand now is still under heavy development and I have been very pleased 
> by the changes I've seen particularly in 2.011 and 2.012. I have found 
> myself using D after having been disappointed by many other languages, fussy 
> as I am.
> 
> Given the amount of criticism you appear to have of D, related projects and 
> the people involved I have to ask, why then are you using it?

Thats a fair question
I'm not using it . I hav'nt been able to use it as I have not been satisfied with the stability of what I have downloaded.
I hav'nt used 2.xx yet I'm still on 1.XX
So I am experimenting with "D" . In fact I am now looking and learning because I have wasted so much time trying to get it to a useable state I will now become an ardent critic of "D" in "C" forums-good critics know thei subject matter

Note that the support for Windows users is probably a lot better as the distributed .exe files have to be right . I suspect the problem is with Linux/Unix where the download must be compiled and there are so few user in this category that no one has looked at this fully yet .  

I originally looked at "D" and thought it was worth knowing about . Getting into it I intended to write a program which needed SWT or something like it . If you look there is nothing stable for Unix so I went to dwt which is "alpha".

Well since then - what a mess. Thats why I am critical and the Tango /Phobos calamity is simply stupid in its present form for Linux

Honestly wherever I go in "D" I find problems . That means it comes from the heads of the organisation. They are not going to be Google type millionaires I can tell you.
Cheers