Dicebot on leaving D: It is anarchy driven development in all its glory.

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On Tuesday, 4 September 2018 at 21:36:16 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/1/2018 4:12 AM, Chris wrote:
>> Hope is usually the last thing to die. But one has to be wise 
>> enough to see that sometimes there is nothing one can do. As 
>> things are now, for me personally D is no longer an option, 
>> because of simple basic things, like autodecode, a flaw that 
>> will be there forever, poor support for industry technologies 
>> (Android, iOS) and the constant "threat" of code breakage. The 
>> D language developers don't seem to understand the importance 
>> of these trivial matters. I'm not just opinionating, by now I 
>> have no other _choice_ but to look for alternatives - and I do 
>> feel a little bit sad.
>
> Android, iOS - Contribute to help make it better.

It would help if the main official compiler supported those 
operating systems. That would mean adding ARM support to DMD. Or 
a much simpler solution, use an existing backend that has ARM 
support built in to it and is maintained by a much larger 
established group of individuals. Say like how some languages, 
like Rust, do.