A Few thoughts on C, C++, and D

[bachmeier via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 05:50:13 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grostad 
wrote:

> Focusing on getting many libraries won't work, because you need 
> to maintain them. I never use unmaintained libraries... Having 
> many unmaintained libraries is in a way worse than having a few 
> long-running ones that improve at a steady pace.

One of the things I hated when I started using D was links to 
dsource libraries. I think that writing new libraries in D is 
often a mistake for that very reason. Bindings to C libraries is 
what we need. Put everything into one D file if possible, 
wrapping just the stable core functionality with a few 
convenience features tossed in, and maintenance is no longer an 
issue. There's nothing sexy abut that approach, and that's kind 
of the point.