Programming language for GIMP fork's rewrite

[Mathias LANG]

On Thursday, 2 July 2020 at 09:36:28 UTC, Mike James wrote:
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/hinhcixficvfjwidaknc@forum.dlang.org
>
> On Sunday, 1 September 2019 at 18:57:07 UTC, Kamran wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> People who forked GIMP, a popular open source image editor are 
>> discussing on which language to choose for their rewrite at 
>> [1] and they are considering D. Maybe some of you can help 
>> them out.
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/glimpse-editor/Glimpse/issues/70
>
> Maybe they need to read...
>
> https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2000/04/06/things-you-should-never-do-part-i/
>
> -=mike=-

Especially since they chose D, I am surprised with the idea of a 
full rewrite.
Gradual transition from a C/C++ code-base is an area where D 
shines like no other language.