D beyond the specs

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Friday, March 16, 2018 11:44:59 Chris via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly D
> is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other countries
> of Europe (and that general post code) like France, Italy, GB,
> Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intrigued by the fact
> that it originated in the US but that it's in "the old world"
> that a lot of enthusiasts (and contributors) are found. It's just
> because you would usually associate innovation with the "new
> world", but in this particular case D must have struck a chord
> with the old world. Is it marketing and economic / pragmatic
> factors that lead to poor adoption rates (and sometimes outright
> hostility) in the US. Maybe, but I think there's something in the
> engineering approach and the concepts that "talks" to us in the
> "old world". I think this is an interesting topic as regards both
> culture and technology. Any technology is embedded in and the
> product of a certain culture / way of thinking - and D seems to
> be a special case. Hint: there's a Ph.D. in it ;)

Walter mentioned at a dconf a while back that some of them had been
discussing it, and they decided that it was because all of the cars in
Germany have a sticker of the letter D on them (for Deutschland). :)

- Jonathan M Davis