John Carmack applauds D's pure attribute

[Nick Sabalausky]

"H. S. Teoh" <hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx> wrote in message 
news:mailman.107.1330196619.24984.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 01:45:34PM -0500, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> "Yao Gomez" <yao.gomez at gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:pdyvfpeaigfvorkfnddi at forum.dlang.org...
>> > On Saturday, 25 February 2012 at 16:08:40 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> >> "Trass3r" <un at known.com> wrote in message
>> >> news:op.v98sager3ncmek at enigma...
>> >>> http://twitter.com/#!/ID_AA_Carmack/status/173111220092682240
>> >>
>> >> It's not showing the actual quote, can someone paste it?
>> >
>> > It works for me. God bless Javascript.
>> >
>> > Anyways, here's the quote:
>> >
>> >> Using D for my daily work is not an option, but I applaud thier
>> >> inclusion of a "pure" attribute.
>>
>> Interesting. I wish he'd elaborate on why it's not an option for his
>> daily work.
> [...]
>
> I can't speak for him, but it could be employer resistance, or perhaps
> the current volatile state of D. But this is just a wild guess.
>

Yea, or (for all we know) something more inherit to D. In any case it'd be 
very interesting to find out. I'm sure he probably will elaborate at some 
point, in some place, but I'm quite anxious in the meantime :)

Come to think of it, I'm sure the lack of game console targets would be at 
least one factor.

Not so sure about "employer resistance" though. *Technically*, he's just an 
employee, not CEO or anything (IIRC), but it's a very unique case: He's been 
known to have more power there than his "superiors", at least when he 
chooses to wield it.