Status report, milestones, quality improvements?

[Nicholas]

== Quote from jasonw (user at webmails.org)'s article
> A lot of work is going on around D. However I can't really fit the pieces
together to see how everything works.

> I've tried to advertise D to colleagues. What they're interested in is a)
library and tool support b) quality of apidocs c) progress reports (milestones,
release history, other plans) d) mailist list quality. Currently my answers have
been a) it's getting better, don't know when b) it's getting better, don't know
when and how c) don't know d) digitalmars.d is full of trolls and off-topic stuff,
the closed mailing lists are better, but don't have much traffic. Typical
conclusion is, D is too immature.


Although I disagree with the way you chose to express your frustration, I
sympathize with some of what you said nonetheless.  I often feel the same way
about the organization and even, what feels like, a lack of direction (except you
VisualD guy).


I've just recently started using D to fill the niche between C and C#.  I believe
it has strong qualities but there are a lot of obstacles to overcome unrelated to
the language itself.


If it's any consolation, I can provide a shameless plug from a fellow pragmatist:
http://www.xmind.net/share/nicholasr/d/


I built it to use at work and to eventually show my boss, who would balk if shown
the current state of documentation.


I'd be curious to know the number of professionals using D versus
students/researchers/hobbyists (i.e. non-work-related projects).  I imagine the
lack of a stable IDE prevents a lot of commercial-level developers from coming
over too.