Fatal flaw in D design which is holding back widespread adoption

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Tue, 30 Mar 2010 16:48:08 -0400, Matt <euroquigs at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Steven Schveighoffer Wrote:
>
>> I agree.  Something has to be done to capture the millions of serious
>> non-beginner developers using notepad to write code.  Walter, make this
>> priority #1.
>>
>
> Haha, good comeback! :)  BTW, I hope nobody serious is using Notepad.   
> The point still stands, and I'm glad that others agree that the style  
> guide should either be removed, or if there ever were an official style  
> guide then that particular idiosyncrasy would be altered.

Couldn't help myself :)  Yes, I do agree the style guide should be  
updated.  However, I really really don't agree that the style guide is  
dissuading would-be adopters of D.  A style guide is just a guide, it's  
not a requirement.  Most people ignore it.

-Steve