Tsoding streamed about D

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 18 March 2025 at 23:12:58 UTC, Adam Wilson wrote:

> It's a refreshingly honest take. We aren't perfect and I doubt 
> he'll become a D-promoter, but the fact that we were able to 
> consistently surprise him, both in language and in library is a 
> statement on how far we've come.

There is too much negativity among D users for the most part. 
There are lots of problems, but that applies to every language.

> I also want to note that the depth of the standard library was 
> a consistent theme, and while I am clearly biased, I think this 
> demonstrates again something that I've been saying about 
> Phobos. People want deep standard libraries, they don't want to 
> hunt through package managers for things that are considered 
> basic/standard. The fact that we provided much more than he 
> expected worked in D's favor.

I've been hearing for a long time we should have a small standard 
library. I've never understood the argument.