Is D really that bad?

[Guillaume Piolat]

On Friday, 28 October 2022 at 09:51:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
> Is D really that bad?

Do not take the forums sentiment as ground truth.

If you release a software, whatever its quality, the online 
forums are always way more critical and acerb that the general 
population of users. This has become more obvious in the last 
decade. Auburn Sounds recently released one the best compressor 
in the world (https://www.auburnsounds.com/products/Lens.html, 
sorry for SEO), and you can get it for free, so I was expecting 
_less_ criticism. Exactly the reverse happened, the better it is, 
the more any perceived flaw is painted as huge and 
"show-stopper". It attracts more criticism, like Bjarne said, in 
a way being good force users to use it and learn it.