On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 15:11:00 UTC, llaine wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm using D since a few month now and I was wondering why
people don't jump onto it that much and why it isn't the "big
thing" already.
Everybody is into javascript nowadays, but IMO even for doing
web I found Vibe.d more interesting and efficient than node.js
for example.
I agree that you have to be pragmatic and choose the right
tools for the right jobs but I would be interested to have
other opinion on those questions.
I've been testing D and love many features of the language. But
I'm now to switching to Go for my alimentary project. But I
prefer D's syntax, ranges and the easiness of generic coding.
The reason I'm switching to Go is because
1. there is a much larger community and code base (it's easier to
find code snippet, help or programmers)
2. go routines (fibers integrated into the language, plug & play)
3. GC performance (no stop the world hiccups)
4. Web server && IO performance (see:
https://www.techempower.com/benchmarks or
https://github.com/nanoant/WebFrameworkBenchmark).
As a computer scientist I prefer D to Go and see a lot of
potential in it. But as a software developer I feel that D still
needs maturation to be competitive in a production environment. I
guess this is the reason why D doesn't get much traction yet.
