CTFE ^^ (pow)

[Manu]

On 22 March 2018 at 18:25, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via
Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On 03/18/2018 11:43 PM, Norm wrote:
>>
>>
>> We don't want to be treated special. We don't want to give back. This is
>> the *entire* point.
>>
>
> An attitude like that and there's any wonder it didn't work out? Sheesh.
>
> This is the thing about OSS: The business willing to give back (and there
> are many such businesses) are the ones that reap benefits. The companies
> that wilfully cling to zero-sum bullshit are on their own, by their own
> choice, and open themselves to allowing their competitors to take the
> advantage for themselves. That is the way of the world, that is the way of
> reality.
>
> D can't be held responsible for self-defeating zero-sum, "us vs them"
> mentalities. Sheesh.

Small companies are often at a resource-shortage as it is... they
probably wouldn't be looking for potential productivity increase
opportunities (like using D instead of C) if that wasn't the case.