Random points from a D n00b CTO

[bearophile via Digitalmars-d]

Vic:

> - Confusing forum. First listed forum on 'D' is not for D 
> users, but it's called D! It is in fact for D commiters. This 
> causes frustration for both users and commiters. (yes there is 
> 'learn D' but it's 4th down. Commiters forum should be slightly 
> hidden and user questions should not be answered in commuters 
> but politely asked to post in the proper forum.).

This looks sufficiently easy to fix. It just means restyling and 
reshuffling this page: http://forum.dlang.org/

Are you able to sketch what kind of look you like for this page 
and show an image?


> - I was *very* disappointed that using base library locks you 
> into GC vs ref. counting.
> Separate, I like how Objective C has NSObject for GC 
> purpose(I'd love a framework that is just ref counting), but 
> there should be dual libs and base should not be GC.

Allocators will probably come, but still there are no plans for 
language hooks, so there's still some way to go. I think this can 
be partially solved.


> - D is/has become complex. metaprograming, generics, macros, 
> etc. This is a culture issue, very hard to fix cultural issues

At this point I don't think this will be fixed. Removing 
complexity is hard.


> - Very little 'user' outreach. Meetups such as 'learn D'  (set 
> up editor w/ DUB, and write some vibe.d DNS client/server in 4 
> lessons). Or how to use a c .so lib.

This could be improved, but beside the need for D community to 
grow, I think it's also a cultural problem.


> So hth. FYI I plan to hire 3+ 'D lang' programmers (users, not 
> commuters) to rewrite the Java project in Dallas and/or San 
> Jose (CA) over the next few months (Feel free to ping me 
> @puppetMaster3, ideal candidate is 'prolific' and career 
> programmer)

What's the purpose of the rewrite? What do you hope to improve 
over the Java code?

Bye,
bearophile