Reddit: why aren't people using D?

[Ary Borenszweig]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Ary Borenszweig wrote:
>>>> I think the only way you and Walter can understand what a property 
>>>> is and what it is used for is to use for some time a language that 
>>>> implements them. For example C#. Then you'll say "that's nice" and 
>>>> would want to implement it in D.
>>>
>>> I totally agree that "that's nice". But it's just notational 
>>> convenience, and there was no proof aired here to convince me otherwise.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> The ambiguity with a function returning a delegate? The debugger 
>> support? Help UI designers with properties windows?
>>
>> If none of those convinced you, ok.
> 
> Convince me of what? Of the fact that the current design has problems, 
> absolutely. That we need to embark on all sorts of baroque notations for 
> the sake of a convenience, not quite.
> 
> Andrei

I agree. It's very hard to find the correct way to implement it... :(