Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 7 June 2016 at 19:16:13 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> 'cause it simplifies memory management, on all levels... if 
> we'll switch to microkernel architecture. but this is very 
> off-topic.

Inferno was a MMU-less VM like JVM, but failed miserably to gain 
traction... In a micro kernel design all services are moved to 
user-space and the privileged kernel is minimal, which suggests 
no benefits from GC. Yeah, OT. Except it does reflect the Go 
authors preference for weird-and-pointless solutions. Just like 
Go's desperate attempt to avoid adding exceptions: 
panic-defer-recover, a weird hack that is possible, but not 
something that would make anyone satisfied. There are more hacks 
like that in Go, like Ds growing slices that suddenly reallocates 
behind the scenes.  They seem to follow the guideline «it is 
possible, and kind of simplistic, therefore it is a good idea», 
but they are wrong. Go is a mixed bag.