Why is D unpopular, redux.

Tue May 24 23:36:02 UTC 2022

On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 20:36:52 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/22/2022 6:31 AM, deadalnix wrote:
>> The problem here isn't that people aren't reporting these, or 
>> aren't writing DIP or whatever. It is that they are told to do 
>> so, waste their time doing that and then they get named 
>> argument instead.
>
> I did a bugzilla search for every issue you have submitted:
>
> https://issues.dlang.org/buglist.cgi?bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=RESOLVED&bug_status=VERIFIED&email1=deadalnix&emailreporter1=1&emailtype1=substring&list_id=240739&query_format=advanced&resolution=FIXED&resolution=INVALID&resolution=WONTFIX&resolution=LATER&resolution=REMIND&resolution=DUPLICATE&resolution=WORKSFORME&resolution=MOVED
>
> Every single one was resolved.
>
> You are not wasting your time posting issues.
>

When I report bug, they get fixed and it's great.

When I report design problem, they get treated as bugs and we 
never get to the root of the issue and I'm wasting my time.