Is D right for me?

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Wed Oct 6 00:29:57 PDT 2010


On 2010-10-05 18:29, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 10/5/10 9:37 CDT, Gour D. wrote:
>> On Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:01:41 +0200
>>>>>>>> "Don" == Don<nospam at nospam.com> wrote:
>>
>> Don> I would estimate the truck factor as between 2.0 and 2.5. Two
>> Don> years ago, the truck factor was 1.0, but not any more.
>>
>> Nice, nice...Still SO people say: "Neither Haskell nor D is popular
>> enough for it to be at all likely that you will ever attract a single
>> other developer to your project..." :-)
>
> If developer attraction is a concern, you're likely better off with D.
> Programmers who have used at least one Algol-like language (C, C++,
> Java, C#) will have no problem feeling comfortable in D. With Haskell
> you'd need to stick with "the choir".
>
>> If just QtD hadn't been suspended...
>
> I agree that's a bummer. I suggest you write the developers and ask what
> would revive their interest. The perspective of a solid client is bound
> to be noticeable.
>
>
> Andrei

Probably a compiler that is working better, one with fewer bugs.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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