Any D developer at GDC europe next week ?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:49:43 Jouko Koski wrote:
> "Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote:
> > Any sentence involving the phrases "C++" and "it works" needs to be
> > appended with something like "...sort of" or "...barely".
> 
> When I talk about D programming language to somebody, I prefer avoiding this
> sort of tone entirely.

Not to mention, if you're trying to get a C++ programmer to try D, odds are 
that they don't think that C++ is junk. There's almost certainly stuff about it 
which they don't like or wish were improved, but they're almost certainly not 
going to think that C++ is junk or that it only works "sort of" or "barely." 
C++ works extremely well for a lot of stuff, which is why it's used for a lot 
of stuff. It has lot of issues too, and it's understandable if someone doesn't 
want to use it, but odds are that someone who uses C++ on a regular basis - 
_especially_ if they use it by choice - is not going to think all that badly 
of it.

Honestly, if you're trying to get someone to try D, you're going to need to 
talk about D's good points, _not_ why the language that you're trying to get 
them to drop is junk. That's likely to just make them defensive and not listen 
to you.

- Jonathan M Davis