Rather D1 then D2

[Jonathan Marler]

On Saturday, 22 September 2018 at 15:25:32 UTC, aberba wrote:
> On Saturday, 22 September 2018 at 14:31:20 UTC, Jonathan Marler 
> wrote:
>> On Saturday, 22 September 2018 at 13:25:27 UTC, rikki 
>> cattermole wrote:
>>> Then D isn't the right choice for you.
>>
>> I think it makes for a better community if we can be more 
>> welcoming, helpful a gracious instead of responding to 
>> criticism this way. This is someone who saw enough potential 
>> with D to end up on the forums but had some gripes with it, 
>> after all who doesn't? I'm glad he took the initiative to 
>> provide us with good feedback, and he's not the first to take 
>> issue with the inconsistent '@' attribute syntax.  I'm sure 
>> everyone can agree this inconsistency is less than ideal but 
>> that doesn't mean D isn't right for them and we should respond 
>> this feedback like this with thanks rather than dismissal.
>
> That inconsistency is an issue for me. I wish there a clear 
> decision to make things consistent.

Yeah there's been alot of discussion around it over the years, 
which is why I put this together about 4 years ago:

https://wiki.dlang.org/Language_Designs_Explained#Function_attributes

Gosh I've forgotten how long I've been using D.