Nim programming language finally hit 1.0

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On Monday, 30 September 2019 at 12:25:46 UTC, GreatSam4sure wrote:
> There is too much dichotomy in the forum. Some people have even 
> decided to keep quiet and just observed the trends of things. I 
> really
> did not blame them. Some have left, like the android guy.

To be clear, the "Android Guy", AKA Joakim, left due to having 
(one or more, can't remember) over-the-line posts deleted. It was 
a personal problem on his part, not any kind of problem with the 
D community (which is by no means perfect, obviously).

A better example is Kenji Hara.

> It is time to change our attitudes and begin to look for the 
> way forward. Negativity is obviously not the solution. Insult 
> and yelling are out of point. Ways is the way forward a change 
> of philosophy and mindset. A critical examination of why we are 
> the way we are, like a survey that will be back by 
> implementations. Working coherently together as against working 
> individually.
>
> I think we need the humility of heart and humbleness of mind to 
> accept that where we are today is far behind. We are behind not 
> much of a cooperate sponsor but of our own making. Harmony is 
> the first step to grow in a community. The division is one 
> major cause of our backwardness and lack of fast progress. We 
> much realize what is against us and correct to move to our 
> desired level.

I don't agree that D is "way behind", but its velocity is 
certainly slower than Go/Rust/C++. I think this comes down to 
money=acceleration. However, if you look at what's happened even 
in just the past 7 years, D has "accelerated" dramatically - a 
yearly conference, real companies successfully using D and even 
contributing back to D's development, a far more stable compiler 
and standard library, a thriving package ecosystem... to quote 
Andrei, it's an "embarassment of riches".