Is D ready for production?

[Bill Baxter]

On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Chris R. Miller
<lordsauronthegreat at gmail.com> wrote:
> David Ferenczi wrote:
>> My next project woud be a cross-paltform application (Linux and Windows)
>> with intensive database and GUI usage.
>>
>> My preferred language would be D, but there are no QT bindings for D, and
>> my preference for the whole GUI and database handling would be QT.
>>
>> What is your experience with GUI and database libraries in D? Could you use
>> them effectively for production?
>>
>> Another issue with D, that there is no compiler, which complies with the D
>> language standard. I work on a small freetime project in D, where the
>> libraries are not an issue, since I need only Phobos, but I'm steadily
>> struggling with compiler issues, and imperfect tooling. (I tend to use the
>> killer features of D, but I often have to face with workarounds,
>> segmentation faults, etc.)
>>
>> What do you recommend? Should I go for Java + QT? Or try to get over the
>> issues of D? Could you effectively manage the above problems of D?
>
> If you're gunna use Java, pitch out QT and use SWT or at least Swing.
> IMHO the only reason for using Qt would be if you're using C++.

Not just C++.  I've heard good things about the Python port of Qt.

--bb