D is dead

[Shachar Shemesh]

On 23/08/18 09:04, Mike Franklin wrote:
> On Thursday, 23 August 2018 at 03:50:44 UTC, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> 
>> And it's not just Weka. I've had a chance to talk in private to some 
>> other developers. Quite a lot have serious, fundamental issues with 
>> the language. You will notice none of them speaks up on this thread.
>>
>> They don't see the point.
>>
>> No technical project is born great. If you want a technical project to 
>> be great, the people working on it have to focus on its *flaws*. The 
>> D's community just doesn't do that.
>>
>> To sum it up: fatal flaws + no path to fixing + no push from the 
>> community = inevitable eventual death.
> 
> The D Foundation has an Open Collective page 
> (https://opencollective.com/dlang) with a $12,000 annual "Corporate 
> Bronze" option that includes 3 priority bug fixes per month.  Is that 
> not a worthwhile investment for Weka or other organizations invested in 
> D to help address some of the problems you're encountering?  If not, is 
> there an option that would be?

I will definitely pass it on.

Shachar