D vs Go in real life

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Friday, 22 November 2013 at 10:29:35 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Yes, yes, yes. You are of course right that corporate backing 
> gives a language a boost, even if it's a mediocre language. But 
> as soon as corporate thinking comes into a language (profit, 
> ideology, branding, hype and whatnot), it's doomed. D has to 
> breathe, and I admire all the people who have made D happen, 
> and who are making it happen. I've learned a lot just by 
> listening (well, reading).

You're talking about corporate _management_ rather than corporate 
backing.  The former can obviously lead to problems (though it 
doesn't have to) -- the latter is almost invariably good, as it 
means there's someone who can serve as guarantor that any 
necessary work will get done.