Moving back to .NET

[Chris via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 22 September 2015 at 11:44:35 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 September 2015 at 11:01:28 UTC, Chris wrote:
>>
>> to be confined by committee decisions etc.,
>
> D has committee (Walter & Andrei). Some of their decisions 
> frustrate D users too.

Sure, but in many cases D allows you to work around decisions you 
don't like. Plus, you can actively contribute, make suggestions 
and prove your case. The length of some threads shows that 
Walter, Andrei and others involved in the development take input 
seriously and answer questions and give the reasons for their 
decisions.

That a language needs people who make the final decision about 
something is necessary. That these decisions are not always to 
everyone's liking is inevitable. Given the contradictory nature 
of requirements in programming, it's only logical that one cannot 
cater for both sides all the time. D has a long list of requested 
features that actually made it into the language quite fast, 
unlike other languages that beat about the bush for years, before 
they finally incorporate something users really do want. So the 
general approach is sound, however, due to a lack of resources, 
not all is well, e.g. PRs stay in the pipe too long. But as I 
said before, it's only from D that users expect perfection, other 
languages are accepted as they are, warts and all.