Paradox about D's popularity.

[Peter Alexander]

On 21/09/11 6:41 PM, bearophile wrote:
> Gor Gyolchanyan:
>
>> I'm ready to donate money to sponsor an ad campaign.
>
> Advertising has to be done at the right time and rhythm. Too little and no one knows you, too much and you risk wasting the single opportunity certain persons will give you. D doesn't need too much advertising now. There is not even a hash map in Phobos and there are some unfinished parts in the core language, like inout, const, modules, associative arrays, etc.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

I agree with this. There are large and important parts of the language 
that simply haven't been implemented or barely work.

If everyone were to come and use D now, expecting a finished language, 
they would be disappointed. A single bad experience can put people off 
for years, or even a lifetime. Just look at how many people still 
complain about Tango vs. Phobos. It's not worth risking IMO.