On Thursday, 12 July 2018 at 11:36:15 UTC, RhyS wrote:
Its the same with the donations. I stated before that D as a organisation with its financing feels very mysterious. You do not see where the money goes
I've raised this issue elsewhere. I think there would be more incentive to donate if the money were used to do the boring things that are needed to make the language more usable. AFAICT, the money goes to internal compiler work to add new features to the language in order to appeal to C++ users. The work is done in secret (well, unless you want to go through Github threads) and there is not much communication even after it's done.
I think a larger issue is that a lot of older community members have been with the D language for years upon years and they are tired of people complaining on issues.
Actually, they are the ones that do most of the complaining. They do get upset when others make false arguments though.
Part of that is simply that people come to D looking for a easy language and discover the over focus on C/C++ and run into the issues.
True. Lately all official communications about D are about memory management, making the language as complicated and boring as Rust. That's not the fault of the D leadership though. It reflects the lack of effort on the part of others that want to use the language for something other than a C++ replacement. There is nothing stopping anyone from building up a community that is not connected to the core language developers. That is actually how it works with any successful language. If you think you could do a better job dealing with the rough edges, just go ahead and do it. You don't need permission. That's how open source works, and indeed, the fact that you don't need permission is the point of open source.
