Why don't you advertise more your language on Quora etc ?

ixid via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Thu Mar 2 04:03:45 PST 2017


On Wednesday, 1 March 2017 at 18:37:46 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
(Abscissa) wrote:
> On 03/01/2017 12:25 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
>> I agree. We have a lot to improve in terms of marketing.
>>
>> Mainly our messaging is jumbled.
>>
>> Rust = memory safety
>> Go = the best runtime around
>> D = everything I guess?
>>
>> And the problem is that D is good at everything (IMO), so how 
>> do we go
>> about marketing to everyone without getting our messages mixed 
>> up in the
>> public's view.
>
> Yea, its kinda depressing that programmers will be cold towards 
> D, and admit flat-out it's because D *isn't* a one-trick pony 
> centered around once single gimmick. (I've encountered that 
> myself. Such a facepalm inducer. "Polyglot programming" has 
> rotted people's brains.)

We need a powerful message that resonates. I think performance is 
the strongest message and it directly attacks people's major and 
misplaced concern about D's garbage collector.


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