Is there an intention to 'finish' D2?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Friday, 19 November 2021 at 16:30:14 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:
> This is just my opinion, but I think the moderation on the D 
> forums should be a bit more ban-happy.

The best moderation is done by moderators that are actively 
participating and diffusing conflict. Or just close threads that 
have become unproductive. Or move threads to an off-topic forum.

Flamewars tend to arise from misinterpretation or just two people 
being tired after work, divorce or whatever… But there aren't 
actually many flamewars in the D forums. Just strategic 
disagreement, passionate disagreement.

You have many people being passionate because they want to write 
beautiful code. And well, a simpler language than C++ allows your 
write more beautiful code. Maybe that is also why you use D 
daily. Maybe most of those that you would ban actually are in 
agreement with you if you sat down around a coffee table? Maybe 
they get frustrated after several years, because they cannot do 
like you, write beautiful code every day?

I don't know.

The only thing I know is that I appreciate that D now is on track 
to become what I was looking for many years ago. Despite it 
happening in slow motion.

I am not unhappy with that. I would be much more happy with a D3, 
because then things would not move in slow motion.

But I don't depend on D and totally understand that you and 
others have more reasons to feel passionate about D2 as it is 
today than those of use that only have D as a hobby.

Anyway, I am pretty sure that if you, I and the OP sat down 
around a coffee-table, then we would agree on *most* things if we 
shared our perspectives face to face. Maybe we can do that one 
day.

Cheers!