D vs Go in real life

[Chris]

On Friday, 6 December 2013 at 14:33:59 UTC, Joseph Rushton 
Wakeling wrote:
> On 06/12/13 13:38, Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
>> But is D not still doing a better job than Microsoft is of 
>> keeping their C++
>> compiler up to the latest C++ standard?
>
> I'm not making any comparisons here, I'm simply saying that 
> this is something it could be helpful to address, for D's own 
> sake.
>
> Comparisons to Microsoft are not very helpful anyway, because 
> Microsoft is to a great extent in the position of being able to 
> effectively dictate solutions, even where they clash with or 
> fail to live up to standards.  That's both their advantage and 
> their weakness.
>
>> In fact in the C++ world all the compilers lag the standard to 
>> some extent. Its
>> hard to expect that D would have all the compilers exactly in 
>> sync, though with
>> the common front-end it should help.
>
> That's the point -- with D we are in the lucky situation that 
> not only do all our compilers share common frontends, runtimes 
> and standard libraries,

> but all the developers are friends working together in a 
> cooperative community.

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell anyone!

> We have all the resources in place to ensure that the 3 
> compilers are truly equal players.  All it will take is time 
> and effort and a focus on making it happen.
>
> I should add that (since bounties have been mentioned) this is 
> another thing I'd happily put money towards, if it would help.