Is D right for me?

[Daniel Gibson]

Gour D. schrieb:
> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:52:22 +0200
>>>>>>> "Simen" == "Simen kjaeraas" <simen.kjaras at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Simen> I believe GDC supports ARM.
> 
> Hmm, baes on http://dgcc.sourceforge.net/ it looks it is not overly
> active?

try http://bitbucket.org/goshawk/gdc/wiki/Home :-)

> 
> Simen> The bus-factor of D is sadly close to 1. If Walter should choose
> Simen> to leave, we have a problem. On the other hand, I don't think a
> Simen> mere bus would keep him from continuing the project.
> 
> Uhh...this is almost like a showstopper or, at least, very strong
> anti-adoption pattern. :-(
> 

I don't think it's as serious, because afaik Walter is not the only one 
developing the dmd compiler (and thus familiar with it) and, more 
importantly, there are alternative D compilers (gdc and ldc, with at 
least gdc being actively developed).

So even if Walter, for whatever reason, stops developing D, there is - 
IMHO - a good chance that others will continue his efforts and keep D alive.

Cheers,
- Daniel