Why I'm hesitating to switch to D

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Nick Sabalausky" <a at a.a> wrote in message 
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> "Adam Richardson" <simpleshot at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:
>>
>>> "James Fisher" <jameshfisher at gmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> >
>>> > I don't aim to proselytize one mini-language over another, as they're
>>> much
>>> > of a muchness.  But I'd hope to convince people that:
>>> >
>>> >   - Besides required functionality, the key reason to choose one
>>> >   markup/documentation/html-generating format is popularity.  It opens 
>>> > up
>>> >   development to new users, frees up maintainers of old documentation
>>> >   generators, and gives you new tools to use for free.  Markup formats
>>> are
>>> > one
>>> >   area where Might Is Right.
>>>
>>> Popularity should *never* be a significant concern. That's how we end up
>>> with complete shit like PHP becoming widespread.
>>>
>>
>> Easy :) While I wouldn't use PHP for systems programming, PHP is a solid
>> tool for building websites.
>>
>
> It's complete garbage for building websites.

And there isn't a single damn thing about PHP that's remotely "stable".

> It's complete garbage for *everything*. And I've dealt with PHP and PHP 
> web apps a *lot*. I can't think of a single other web-oriented tool or 
> language that I wouldn't rather build a website with than PHP. Even 
> Classic-ASP with VBScript, absolutely horrid as it is, is at least a 
> somewhat *stable* target.
>