D: A solution looking for a problem?

[Norbert Nemec]

Just out of curiosity: Which aspect of D do you find interesting enough 
to make it worth spending your own time to discuss on the D mailing 
list? From your message it seems that you find the whole concept of D 
pointless. Personally, if I find a project pointless, I typically 
choose to ignore it...




Blaise Pascal wrote:
>> Sure: whatever problem you want to solve in D can be solved by any other
>> turing-complete language just as well...
> 
> Strawman.
> 
> 
>> Still, there are many problems that can be solved in D far more
>> elegantly than in other languages.
> 
> Theoretically, huh. Until they are [solved with/by D] though, there really
> is not product there, huh. And I hear this a book trying to capitalize on
> this "personal D R&D" thing. Have they considered LSD and offering Koolaid
> when it all comes crashing down?
> 
>> And since programmers are humans,
>> elegance is essential for correctness and managability of code.
> 
> That was certainly a statement of wishful thinking, I suggest though, it was
> a statement of unknowing. "D" doesn't know what the problem is.