Future of D

[Imperatorn]

On Tuesday, 31 October 2023 at 08:28:26 UTC, Atila Neves wrote:
> On Monday, 30 October 2023 at 14:30:25 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>> On Monday, 30 October 2023 at 14:19:58 UTC, Guillaume Piolat

> There's plenty of work to be done in Phobos, the issue is 
> finding contributors. We need replacements for std.{json,xml}. 
> I wouldn't mind replacing/updating std.socket either. Robert 
> Schadek's made the case more than once that we need more file 
> formats in there too,  which I agree with. Then there's the 
> fact that we're currently concentrating on 
> finishing/stabilising instead of adding new features.

Agreed. Stability > Features, almost always.

I can try to contribute to phobos, but the prerequisites for that 
happening is there must be an open discussion, something like a 
"probability index" that something will get merged. At our 
company we are already working far over 100% capacity, we can't 
afford putting a lot of time into something that will just get 
rejected after months of work. Also, since D unfortunately is 
still quite small, we don't really have a choice when it comes to 
looking at what other languages do.

If we want to stay competitive we must at least take a peek at 
C++, Rust, Go and C# for example. It doesn't matter that I 
personally despise Rust, we must still look. Use the good ideas, 
ignore the bad ones. If we take C# as an example, there are many 
good ideas in there imo, and I am far from alone in thinking that.

Of course what constitues a good or bad idea is subjective, but I 
am thinking something like if it seems something is widely 
regarded as good in multiple communities, the probability that it 
is good is high, and it might be worth investigating.