Nim programming language finally hit 1.0

[mipri]

On Thursday, 3 October 2019 at 12:53:58 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Thursday, 3 October 2019 at 11:59:08 UTC, mipri wrote:
>>
>> The rhetorical value of hyperbolic language like this is that 
>> it's so
>> rare in these forums. Everyone's just so peppy and ra-ra about 
>> D all
>> the time that it's very startling to see any dissent.

Let's go through this piece by piece:

   The rhetorical value of hyperbolic language like this

I'm guessing this what you replied to.

   is that it's so rare in these forums.

Do you agree with that?

   Everyone's just so peppy and ra-ra about D all the time

Do you think anyone would perceive the forums this way?

   it's very startling to see any dissent.

Did you think anyone would be startled by your remarks?

To put it plainly, the forums are characterized by a constant 
drone of
hyperbolic complaints about D and even a week of exposure is 
enough
time to start tuning it out automatically. I don't read "D has an
atrocious ecosystem" and think, oh no, someone had better do 
something
about that! Nor do I feel that I should get in front of this 
unjust
attack on D's honor. What I think is, "if I ask this person what 
he
even means by that, is he even going to tell me?"

You didn't, but I reckon it's option #1 after all:

> To be clear, dub is NOT "D's ecosystem", it's a tiny part of 
> it, and most issues are not related to dub but to broken 
> packages due to compiler upgrades and other toolchains. For 
> example, is there a tool to streamline D integration into 
> Android and iOS (cf. Nim)? Where are the plugins for the major 
> IDEs? D doesn't care, but it sure won't scale this way.