why a part of D community do not want go to D2 ?

Boris Wang kona.ming at gmail.com
Tue Nov 9 19:38:12 PST 2010


Thanks.

Apple no sorry for it's fault, but the fans still aroud it and support it.
why ?



2010/11/10 Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>

> On 11/9/10 6:10 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>
>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 11/9/10 5:38 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:19 AM, Boris Wang<kona.ming at gmail.com>
>>>>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> First, forgive my poor english.
>>>>> we all known , Walter good at compiler writing, but not good at
>>>>> language
>>>>> design and development management , if can't change this, just be
>>>>> silent.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If he isn't good at language design (in other words: D sucks): why do
>>>> you care about D? Why are you here?
>>>>
>>>>  I think, on language desgin, wisdom and leadership are more more
>>>>> important
>>>>> than technology.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Well, the development process of D could be better organized (having a
>>>> schedule and roadmap and such)..
>>>> But "wisdom and leadership" doesn't help much if nobody's there to
>>>> implement stuff. I think we're better of this way than having someone
>>>> who's "wiser" (what is that supposed to mean in this context anyway?)
>>>> and a better leader, but can't code.
>>>>
>>>>  Ether continue working on D, or make D like clone,  if we can't do it
>>>>> like
>>>>> APPLE, just give up ASAP,
>>>>> because we can only save us by our selves.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sorry, I can't make any sense of that sentence.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I think he meant "We should all either continue working on D or make a
>>> D-like clone. If we can't do it like Apple, we should just give up ASAP.
>>> Only the community can save the situation."
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>>
>>>
>> What's meant with "do it like Apple"? Is that some kind of idiom I'm
>> not familiar with?
>> He certainly couldn't have meant that literally, because making D
>> overpriced and proprietary would certainly not help.
>>
>
> My guess is "do it professionally and successfully".
>
> Andrei
>
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