D is dead (was: Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.)

[Andre Pany]

On Sunday, 2 September 2018 at 14:48:34 UTC, lurker wrote:
> after the beta i tried it the final again - just to be fair.
>
> 1.) install d, install visual d.
> 2.) trying to to look at options under visual d without a 
> project crashes VS2017 - latest
>     service pack.
> 3.) VS2017 - displays a problem on startup
> 4.) creating the dummy project - compile for x64. error 
> something is missing.
> 5.) deinstall everything and wait for another year
>
> this crap does not even work out of the box - what else is not 
> tested in D?
>
> i guess you don't intend to draw crowds to D and just keep 
> talking on how to this and that a little better in the compiler 
> pet project.
>
> is D that dead that the releases are not tested or do you want 
> to keep all windows users out?

There are a lot of motivated people here willing to help you to 
get your issue solved if you provide the details.

I can confirm that DMD is working like a charm for me (different 
visual studio versions on build servers, MS build tools on local 
pc). I use IntelliJ instead of Visual Studio, but that is only my 
personal preferation.

Kind regards
Andre