OT (partially): about promotion of integers

Han needtoknow at basis.only.net
Wed Dec 12 00:34:13 PST 2012


Han wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/11/2012 11:53 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 12/11/2012 11:47 PM, Han wrote:
>>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> ML has been around for 30-40 years, and has failed to catch on.
>>>>
>>>> Isn't D on that same historical path?
>>>
>>> Many languages wander in the wilderness for years before they catch
>>> on.
>>
>> BTW, many rock bands burst out of nowhere on the scene with instant
>> success.
>
> So it is this kind of wishful thinking that is the basis of the D
> project?
>> Overlooked is the previous 10 years the band struggled in
>> obscurity.

I groked that wrong in my reply. I groked it as "Overlooked IN the previous 
10 years, the band struggled in obscurity." So, strike the following 
passage:

>
> You KNOW that D has not been "overlooked". Developers and users with
> applications give it a look (the former mostly) and then choose
> something else.
>

This part still holds though:

>>
>> This includes bands like The Beatles. Well, 6 years for The Beatles.
>
> Do you really think that D will ever have popularity to the level of
> The Beatles? If so, when and why and how? Do you have a "Moses
> complex" (psychological) a little bit maybe? 




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