Reddit: why aren't people using D?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:26:58 -0400, Michiel Helvensteijn  
<m.helvensteijn.remove at gmail.com> wrote:


> PS: I don't mean to gang up on you. You're just not making yourself  
> clear on
> where you stand on these points and why.

This is typical Walter :)  He'll argue the easy ones all day long, and  
stay silent on the harder-to-refute ones.  Then one day, you'll see the  
feature you wanted suddenly and without warning appear in the compiler  
(I'm still holding my breath on a few).

Not that this means properties are going to be one of those features, but  
still.  With Walter, silence is usually all you get when he's coming  
around to your side :)

It's a good strategy for someone who's word is almost law when it comes to  
D.  You have to be careful what you say, flip-flopping around only leads  
to knee-jerk feature additions, more bikeshed discussions, and more people  
clammoring for feature additions (hey, you added this, why not that!).  I  
have great respect for the balance he has to deal with between adding  
interesting features and keeping a sane spec.

-Steve