Fixing C's Biggest Mistake

[bachmeier]

On Friday, 23 December 2022 at 22:09:37 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 23, 2022 at 08:55:58PM +0000, areYouSureAboutThat 
> via Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
>> I think you have to take Andrei at his word.
>> 
>> https://forum.dlang.org/post/qj18h2$8o1$1@digitalmars.com
>> 
>> At the same time, it's not unreasonable to wonder if there is 
>> something 'not stated' ;-)
>> 
>> But regardless, it can only be conjecture.
>
> Well, Andrei *did* describe elsewhere how he became a target 
> for criticism once he took on the helm, much of which was 
> pretty vicious. There's only so much a person can take before 
> the question pops up, why am I doing this, and should I be 
> doing something else instead?

Whatever were Andrei's reasons, I for one think it's a bit 
strange that people want to know. It was clear that he didn't 
enjoy spending his time that way. He made the right decision for 
himself. He donated a massive amount of time (and money) to the 
project. I'm grateful and wish him well.

>> One thing is for sure... The future of the D Programming 
>> language is primarly stuck with Walter.
>
> I thought Atila was supposed to be making decisions with Walter 
> as well, it's not just Walter by himself.

D certainly has problems. To my knowledge, none of them are 
caused by Walter. He's not the reason people complain about IDE 
support. He's not the reason people complain about the ecosystem. 
He's not the reason there's no LTS release. The language is good 
enough to use and there's only so much he can do. Language 
changes, new features, etc. are completely unimportant if you 
want to explain why D isn't more popular.