A Perspective on D from game industry

[c0de517e via Digitalmars-d]

>> I think this is actually a flawed mentality that causes a lot 
>> of long-term problems to all programmers. By resisting to 
>> switch to languages simply because those are good we 
>> inevitably get to the point of switching because it is forced 
>> by some corporation that has bucks to create an intrusive 
>> ecosystem. And despite the fact language itself can be 
>> horrible no choice remains by then.
>
> This is, but that's how it works nevertheless. You don't 
> succeed by arguing what the reality should be, but by accepting 
> what it is and act accordingly.

Exactly. When I write that engineers have to understand how 
market works it's not that I don't understand what's technically 
good and bad, but that's not how things become successful. And 
there's nothing wrong with the fact that soft factors matter more 
than technical perfection, at all, because we make machines and 
programs for people, not to look at how pretty they seem.