Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 05:49:53 UTC, Ethan Watson wrote:
> Echoing the need for decimal support. I won't use it myself, 
> but I know it's critical for finance.

funny thing: those "financial sector" most of the time doesn't 
give anything back. adding special decimal type complicating the 
compiler and all backends. i myself never needed that for my 
whole lifetime (and this is more than two decades of programming, 
in various free and commercial projects).

i'd say: "you want it? DIY or GTFO."