named arguments, string interpolation, please stop.

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Monday, 15 January 2024 at 01:21:33 UTC, zjh wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 January 2024 at 21:39:33 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> What is the criteria for if a feature should be merged or not? 
>> I cannot think of one where somebody isn't going to be unhappy 
>> about the result.
>>
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> The standard is very simple: whether to `increase users `and 
> whether to `make users happy`! Adding a simple keyword like 
> this can attract `a large number of C++users`, which is `net 
> profit`!
>
> On the contrary, you did not add this feature, you lost all! 
> `The users` has left, and D has not `improved` either!

The fastest way to make users leave/avoid any language is to make 
it as complicated as C++. Not a single programmer will move to D 
because of this. They'll just say they already have that in C++.