C's Biggest Mistake on Hacker News

[Abdulhaq]

On Wednesday, 25 July 2018 at 23:27:45 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:

> But making predictions is a tricky thing and mostly of not much 
> value.

I'm really surprised to hear you say this - so much money in the 
financial services is poured into making predictions, lots of 
them and as fast as possible. Isn't that one of the promises of D 
in that market?

Whatever the reality about that, in the life of all humans the 
ability to make good predictions is fundamental to survival - if 
I cross the road now, will I be run over? If I build a chair to 
make money, will anyone buy it?

Likewise, if I am investing time in developing my skills to 
further my career, will learning D be a net benefit? This 
important question depends heavily on predicting the future of D 
(among many other things). If I use D for my startup, will it be 
the secret sauce that will propel us to the top, or will I be 
better off with JDK8 or modern C++?

>  I think it's more interesting to be the change you wish to see 
> in the world.

This has a lovely ring but it doesn't mean not to assess / 
predict if what you do will provide a net benefit.