Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

[Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 04:17:40 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 02:30:55 UTC, Pie? wrote:
>> Duh! The claim is made that D can work without the GC... but 
>> that's a red herring... If you take about the GC what do you 
>> have?
>
> Like 90% of the language, still generally nicer than most the 
> competition.
>
> Though, I wish D would just own its decision instead of bowing 
> to Reddit pressure. GC is a proven success in the real world 
> with a long and impressive track record. Yes, there are times 
> when you need to optimize your code, but even then you aren't 
> really worse off with it than without it.

Maybe we need official containers that use the allocator,  better 
messaging with concrete examples that get the point across that D 
generates less garbage than some other languages whose history 
might be putting people off, and better examples, tutorials,  and 
documentation on how to do things without the GC.