A few notes on choosing between Go and D for a quick project

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On Friday, 13 March 2015 at 00:20:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> A friend of mine needed to complete a small project and thought 
> of using a language he didn't know for it. He already knew I 
> work on D so he considered it alongside Go. He ended up 
> choosing the latter, and documented his decision making process 
> in a few notes that he subsequently shared with me. I'll paste 
> below a sort of transcript of his handwritten notes.
>
> I think this is valuable information from a relatively unbiased 
> potential user, and good ideas and action items on how we can 
> improve our curb appeal. Even mistaken perceptions are good 
> signal - it means our materials weren't explicit enough to 
> dispel them.

> I'd love us to derive a few action items from this and other 
> feedback.
>
>
> Andrei

Well see the real problem is that D cant seem to cater to one 
group or another.

It cant cater to new/inexperienced people because it isnt 
portrayed that way.

It cant cater to the hardcore/DieHard C/C++ people because it is 
difficult to convince them.

You need to pick a target audience and stick with it...