It is the year 2020: why should I use / learn D?

[Nicholas Wilson]

On Thursday, 22 November 2018 at 04:40:37 UTC, NoMoreBugs wrote:
> On Thursday, 22 November 2018 at 04:18:25 UTC, Laeeth Isharc 
> wrote:
>>
>> I didn't insult you or attack you, but simply observed that 
>> your means weren't suited to your seeming ends and explained 
>> why.  It's really your choice as to what to make of one 
>> perspective on the effectiveness of your behavior.
>
> Your posts (which are there for anyone to read) sought to 
> undermine an opinion that I expressed, by explicitly 
> encouraging others who read that opinion to not take it 
> seriously, and to just ignore it, simply on the basis of 
> whether or not I was really part of the 'D community' and one 
> of the 'committed users of D'.
>
> If that is not a personal attack, what is?
>
> And is that really the threshold for stating an opinion on 
> these forums?
>
> As I said, next time, you can save yourself a lot of typing, 
> and just type "Wow".
>
> In the 2 weeks so far, I've been accused (by a select few - 
> always the same few though) of being a 'non-contributor', of 
> misrepresenting facts, and being a socket puppet.
>
> Welcome to the D forum.

I'm sorry this has been your introduction and perception of the D 
forums, and I suppose you deserve a better explanation of some of 
the initial hostilities you may have faced.

We have recently had someone who has expressed some ... rather 
strong opinions ... about the ideals of encapsulation of the 
class vis-à-vis the module, who was posting under multiple 
pseudonyms and impersonating others and generally acting in a 
manner the community deemed inappropriate. After a few weeks you 
start posting on this forum (IIRC) expressing some similar 
opinions (although not as strongly and not belligerently) and I 
presume that others on the forums thought you were "that guy" 
again (I did and I'm pretty sure Neia thinks you are as well, 
hence the "4-5 aliases").

It is now clear to me that you are not (because you are saying 
things that are sensible!) although you are getting a bit more 
worked up than I think you should (not that its less than par for 
this forum unfortunately...) and I would encourage you to take a 
less personal attitude to the response of others as they are 
(mostly) trying to help.

Laeeth's responses are certainly not meant to come across as 
condescending he just has a slightly different view of the world 
(being in finance and all) and are usually has quite interesting 
viewpoints and things to say.