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[Don]

bearophile wrote:
> Peter Alexander:
> 
>> It's interesting that you've brought up the issue of the message being 
>> sent out about D, because I feel it is exactly the opposite: it's far 
>> too positive. Everyone seems to only talk about all the cool features in 
>> D and seem to ignore all the issues that exist.
>> ...
>> It's hard to quantify whether my post has had a negative or positive 
>> impact on the language, but I believe honesty and openness are good 
>> things. People coming anew to D shouldn't be misled into thinking that 
>> it has no issues (as I was -- no one mentioned the implementation 
>> issues). I believe a disappointed user is much worse than missed user.
> 
> I agree. Andrei (and others) were not listing the bad sides enough. A bit more transparency is better even in discussions outside this newsgroup. It's dangerous to give false hopes.
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile

Completely agree. Right now, we don't *want* to attract anybody who 
expects a finished product. We shouldn't advertise as if we do.