D is coming to a town near you

[Rob T]

On Thursday, 21 February 2013 at 08:07:34 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote:
> On 2/20/2013 4:55 PM, Rob T wrote:
>> Yes, it's a major barrier towards adoption in a production 
>> environment. Walter said it's now a priority, so I cross the
>> fingers and hope.
>> 
>> --rt
>
> It's _a_ barrier for adoption in _some_ production 
> environments.  So are many other features for many other
> environments.  It's really easy to over color the priorities 
> based on your own use case.  The community is large with
> lots of needs.  Juggling priorities is a very grey process.

I think there's a lot more to it than that. For example, if D 
supported shared libs that can be integrated with C/C++ code then 
adoption in a production environment becomes much less risky and 
much more practical. For example, instead of recoding an entire 
C++ app in D, one could instead include a shared lib that adds on 
functionality. Shared libs provide a means to migrate into D 
without the all or nothing approach, and that what is currently 
one of the major barriers towards adoption.

> Hope is about the least likely to produce results (other than 
> maybe disappointment).  I highly encourage those with
> needs to actively help address them.  It doesn't take a lot of 
> people to add a lot of value.
>
> My 2 cents,
> Brad

I agree, and I have tried to help in small ways. I'll try and do 
more when I can and as I learn more.

--rt