Plan for D

[Imperatorn]

On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 20:57:13 UTC, dogman wrote:
> Question to the core team. Whats the plan and roadmap for D ?
> a. are we planning to keep D just as a hobby language or a real 
> contender for industry use. Despite being complex, rust has 
> started to get adopted in industries. Whats our plan ?

D can already be used professionally


> b. When are we planning to focus on memory safety and use that 
> as our strength

How are we not?

> c. Will we ever make D as both a GC and non GC language. So 
> that it can be used across control plane, data plane, kernel. I 
> know betterC, but could we make it more easy and accessible 
> common public to able to use phobos. I know people say 95% is 
> done etc.

Is there any language more flexible than D in this regard? You 
already have *much* choice.

> d. Why there are no working groups for tooling, webframeworks, 
> performance, compiler etc so that we can improve on each area.

This is a valid point but the answer is how would that be done.

> e. Why is weka not sponsoring ? why are we not advertising that 
> the fastest filesystem is made in D ?

Can't answer this. It's a bit weird yes.

> f. D has all properties to make it a good language. But needs 
> more work and marketing. Why cant we make D as a safe and fast 
> extension to C++ & python

You are correct sir, we must market D more. Do your part and 
spread it ☀️