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

[walker]

On Monday, 3 September 2018 at 06:29:02 UTC, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> One thing I want to add that we ought to be appreciative of the 
> work people put in - much of it in their spare time. I wonder 
> if W&A and others sometimes despair for the lack of 
> appreciation they get. Guido van Rossum burning out (W, 
> notably, was the one to post that here first) is a shame. Even 
> though he created a language which I find less tasteful he did 
> not deserve to be treated like that. Simple.

I feel the same. There is no need to put a huge burden on them 
even if there is something could not be fixed. A good subset of a 
language is still a good language I think. Powerful, expressive, 
precise, that's important for me.