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

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On Sun, 2 Sep 2018 at 16:05, Andre Pany via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>
> 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

I'm currently installing VS2017 to test your anecdote (been on 2015
for ages)... although I use VS2017 at work and haven't had any
problems.