My choice to pick Go over D ( and Rust ), mostly non-technical

[David Gileadi]

On 2/2/18 1:38 PM, welkam wrote:
> On Friday, 2 February 2018 at 15:06:35 UTC, Benny wrote:
>> ** Wall of text **
> 
> I dont post here often but...
> 
> Most of what you complain is known already and/or not entirely correct. 
> People who work on D are not some glue sniffing brain dead individuals 
> that are incapable of understanding that documentation is not perfect, 
> library support is lacking and user experience is not at the same level 
> as C#. That and more are known here. Over the years that I lurked here I 
> saw many people come on forums and complain about things that are 
> obvious and say them in a way that indirectly imply incompetence of core 
> contributors. Things don't work not because of incompetence but because 
> there is not enough people working on things. Thats why you get answers 
> you get. To fix problems we need people who work so either you become 
> one (fix it yourself) or get some one else to work (pay money).
> 
> The entire D project is fueled by coffee and dislike of C/C++ and its 
> amazing that it achieved so much with so little

It is pretty amazing, and it's a testament to how appealing the D 
language can be, even with all its surrounding pain points.

As a long time lurker it seems like I see posts like Benny's more often 
recently than I recall seeing in years past. This makes me happy--to me 
it's a sign that more people are seriously considering D than used to. I 
also think it's good to be reminded of what newcomers' pain points are, 
and I'm glad Benny took the time to list his.