What are the worst parts of D?

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/25/2014 6:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> FWIW I'm glad no random name changes. I've
> recently used Rust a bit and the curse of D users as of 6-7 years ago reached
> me: most code I download online doesn't compile for obscure reasons, it's nigh
> impossible to figure out what the fix is from the compiler error message,
> searching online finds outdated documentation that tells me the code should
> work, and often it's random name changes (from_iterator to from_iter and such,
> or names are moved from one namespace to another).

The name changes cause much disruption and are ultimately pointless changes.


> For the stuff we eliminate we should provide good error messages that recommend
> the respective idiomatic solutions.

That's normal practice already.