D2 is really that stable as it is claimed to be?

[Timon Gehr]

On 09/25/2013 01:55 AM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/24/2013 4:43 PM, Dicebot wrote:
>> You may underestimate power of marketing in IT world :)
>
> i.e. compiler fashion!
>
>> It does not matter how
>> useful feature was on its own - clang guys has convinced the crowd it
>> is useful
>> so now it is useful. Its actual merit is irrelevant unless you want to
>> invest
>> into "counter-propaganda".
>
> Probably the most insightful comment in this thread.

It should be noted however, that it is completely vacuous in a context 
where the goal is to infer something about the actual merit.