D loosing the battle

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Mike Parker wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> 2009/11/5 Jonas Byström <highfestiva at gmail.com>:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I had great hope that D within a few years would be the new standard 
>>> for people requiring high performance from their language. Then I got 
>>> wiser 
>>> (http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091101/does-slow-growth-equal-slow-death.html?partner=fogcreek), 
>>> realizing that D must invade the C/C++ space to not dissappear. And, 
>>> sadly, D has not done that, and is definitely moving towards filling 
>>> a hole in cyberspace 
>>> (http://www.tiobe.com/index.php/content/paperinfo/tpci/index.html). 
>>> Heck, it's not even listed on Language Shootout any more.
>>>
>>> To gain popularity, I would guess that you need to integrate with 
>>> Microsofts Visual Studio (plugin compiler and syntax highlighting). 
>>> And that you need a few larger projects on board, such as game engines.
>>>
>>> There is still hope! Use it or loose it. :)
>>>
>>
>> It's "losing" and "lose", BTW.
>>
>> --bb
> 
> My biggest pet peeve in the Internet Age, that.

I have two more that compliment that. Some people think there writing 
"complement" and "they're" correctly but they aren't.

Andrei