D is dead (was: Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.)

[Everlast]

On Sunday, 2 September 2018 at 14:48:34 UTC, lurker wrote:
> after the beta i tried it the final again - just to be fair.
>
> 1.) install d, install visual d.
> 2.) trying to to look at options under visual d without a 
> project crashes VS2017 - latest
>     service pack.
> 3.) VS2017 - displays a problem on startup
> 4.) creating the dummy project - compile for x64. error 
> something is missing.
> 5.) deinstall everything and wait for another year
>
> this crap does not even work out of the box - what else is not 
> tested in D?
>
> i guess you don't intend to draw crowds to D and just keep 
> talking on how to this and that a little better in the compiler 
> pet project.
>
> is D that dead that the releases are not tested or do you want 
> to keep all windows users out?


Don't worry, that is just the beginning... It's like that in all 
aspects. The design is fundamentally flawed and no one seems to 
care(or recognize it). Software is far too complex now days to be 
using mentalities of the 60's and 70's.