Incomprehensible compiler errors

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/30/12 6:54 PM, Stuart wrote:
> Ah, it would seem that my problem is with DFL not compiling. Look guys,
> I'm about ready to give up here. I like the idea of D, but it's like
> using fucking Linux: Absolutely everything needs to be compiled before
> you can use it; and nothing will compile because you need to do fifty
> other goddamn things that aren't mentioned in the readme, so you have to
> post on dozens of sodding forums for a week hoping someone throws you a
> bone.

I empathize. The one thing that may be different is that the forums at 
forum.dlang.org tend to be a bit more responsive and to the point.

> All I want is to be able to write a GUI application using phrases like
> "button1.dock = Fill". Is that so much to ask? Apparently it is.
>
> DFL won't compile. D-IDE doesn't work at all. VisualD crashes all the
> time. The Eclipse IDE plugin doesn't work either. None of the IDEs have
> any kind of reliable intellisense. The optional "module" keywords aren't
> optional. The whole fucking thing's a shambles, just like everything
> else designed for Linux.
>
> It's really getting on my tits. Even using MFC is easier than this.

The irony there is that dmd has started as a Windows program.


Andrei