tooling quality and some random rant

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On Sun, 13 Feb 2011 19:47:30 +0200, Alan Smithee <email at example.com> wrote:

> Gary Whatmore Wrote (fixed that for you):
>
> Let's try to act reasonable here. Walter fanboyism is already
> getting old and sadly favored by our famous NG trolls, that is
> pretty much everyone here. I wouldn't be shocked to hear this Gary
> Whatmore will be bashing D in about 2 years' time when he realizes
> how naive he has been.
>
> The creators haven't even attempted eating their own dog food. On
> the other hand it's crystal clear that such a task as writing a
> language and its compiler without any support from anyone is the
> very definition of "Not Invented Here" that only a handful of
> developers are willing to pursue on this planet. As a result D is
> one of the most broken languages ever built. I honestly wish we
> would sometimes question Walter's competence. He only has so much
> time. All this love talk here blinds even more potential users. We
> would already have a working compiler if they didn't want to
> reinvent everything.

This love talk exists just because of some people occasionally insulting  
people (especially Walter) with no basis whatsoever.
You might come here state your problems, opinions and propose solutions if  
you have in mind. But no they prefer bitching, insulting.
People might respect Walter and this might go to "fanboyism". On the other  
hand insulting him is disgusting, and baseless.
Is he forcing anyone else to use D? He is just minding his own business as  
far as i can see.

If you think something is broken, prove it and try to find a solutions.
If the community doesn't help you, leave it them to their misery, there  
are other languages after all.

One thing you are right on the point is that languages are designed by  
"designers", this has been like this for long time.