D tooling is disappointing

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 17 August 2022 at 10:45:16 UTC, tastyminerals wrote:
> _This is a longer than average post where I mostly express 
> personal concerns about things that you probably heard 100 of 
> times..._

One problem is that this type of post is too vague. Saying the 
tooling is "disappointing" is the equivalent of saying you think 
the compiler should be improved. What you say might well be true, 
but it's hard to know exactly what you are saying.

The first step to improvement is being clear about what the 
tooling should do. Then, importantly, reference tooling that 
works for other languages and provide explicit information about 
how to do that for D. Really, it doesn't help to talk about 
"tooling". To push for change, you should pick the small part of 
the tooling that is causing you the biggest headaches and provide 
clear steps for improving that.