Clarification on D.

[dewitt via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 9 March 2017 at 13:36:28 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 9 March 2017 at 12:27:30 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
> wrote:
>> The competition is clever enough to emphasize that D is 14 
>> years old and has a GC, so they don't even try it.
>
> The competition doesn't smack talk D, I think. If they mention 
> D they tend to do so in  a friendly way. It's not like  D is 
> threat to them anyway.
>
> Past or current D users might complain though.

I don't think the community should think in terms of "threat" or 
"competition" I mean languages are basically tools to get a job 
done.  Most developers are 9-5 types and wont leave their comfort 
zone anyways unless they have to.  I agree that I rarely see 
other forums talking bad about D and if something is negative 
it's usually a persons opinion on x or y not really disparaging.

Also, not everyone is anti-GC that might be interested in using D 
anyways.  You pick the right tool for the job and if you look at 
the JVM lots of apps/libs have been written on it that run fast 
and are widely used.

Don't worry bout the rest and focus on improving the D ecosystem. 
  I like it but sometimes you hit that wall where something 
doesn't work or isnt implemented in the ecosystem (I know ppl can 
contribute and write it) but sometimes you want to just get 
something done and not have to worry about some lib is missing a 
needed feature or not even there.  I've been messing with dotnet 
core lately and I know there is a much larger community but the 
libs are constantly getting released to support it and for web 
stuff it is pretty efficient.

Bottomline is D with all the little issues here and there is 
doing fine.  Dont worry about the others.  Also how many times a 
week can the same questions be asked on this forum about the same 
topics?  I feel I am re-reading the same stuff weekly