One area where D has the edge

[Wyatt via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 26 January 2015 at 22:05:55 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>
> I don't know F#.  I know what you mean, but I don't think the 
> competition to D consists of crappy languages - there are some 
> very smart and creative people with large resources working on 
> them (putting aside the question of the tone one should adopt 
> in public towards peers).
>
That's exactly what I'm saying.  Against C or C++, D looks 
fantastic.  But those aren't great languages.  But what's the 
argument for D beyond that?  How can people using non-awful 
languages be persuaded to even have interest?

> It's not for me to say, but D isn't a product like toothpaste 
> where you are trying to elbow aside the competition, but one 
> where it needs to be the best 'D' it can be, and communicate 
> that well to people and make it easy for them to take advantage 
> of what it has to offer.

And that's what bugs me; that even if D is good and has a lot to 
offer, the pitch doesn't communicate it well.  The important part 
of that exchange that I hoped people would fixate on was this:

"I don't understand what the point of D is either because once 
you've already accepted a GC there are better languages you could 
use."

This indicates to me that there's a problem of messaging.

On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 02:39:03 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>
> Which language today does something that's not done by any 
> other language?

INTERCAL has politeness.  But what are you actually trying to say 
with this statement?

-Wyatt