Why is D unpopular, redux.

[Walter Bright]

On 5/21/2022 1:30 PM, mee6 wrote:
> Do you have hard numbers on that? IIRC there's only been one survey done for the 
> community and almost all the most desired features from it aren't implemented.

No, I don't have hard numbers. There's always selection bias in self-reporting 
of desired features. I admit to using judgement to decide what to do.

For example, many years ago, only one person asked for User Defined Attributes 
(Manu). He made a compelling case for it. I implemented it. The result was a lot 
of pushback from the community.

But it has turned out to be a very well liked and used feature.

Of course, things don't always work out so well. D has some features I wish we'd 
never done.

ImportC is another one that has been met with a lot of skepticism. I have faith 
in it, and we'll see if I'm right or wrong about it.