Breaking changes in Visual C++ 2015

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 9 May 2015 at 02:08:54 UTC, weaselcat wrote:
> On Friday, 8 May 2015 at 08:51:24 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 5/8/2015 12:45 AM, weaselcat wrote:
>>> some of these really are klunky though.
>>
>> Nobody's ever satisfied. Doesn't mean the tools aren't 
>> effective, and doesn't mean a "complete lack of tooling".
>
> I think it's important to air grievances with the language 
> because it won't get better by sticking our heads in the sand. 
> Stating things like "unit tests could have better reporting 
> capabilities" etc, sparks a good discussion on how to improve 
> them, and I think this thread is proof of that.

I think it's good to have an honest discussion about these 
issues, but there is also a tendency of some to go overboard. At 
times it crosses into trolling territory where they'll post 
something negative just to be posting something negative.

One incident that stands out followed an announcement that got a 
lot of press for D, and someone thought it was a good use of his 
time to post a laundry list of problems with the language in that 
thread, much of which was pure crap. Those posts do not 
contribute anything.