On Thursday, 21 February 2013 at 08:07:34 UTC, Brad Roberts wrote:
On 2/20/2013 4:55 PM, Rob T wrote:
Yes, it's a major barrier towards adoption in a production
environment. Walter said it's now a priority, so I cross the
fingers and hope.
--rt
It's _a_ barrier for adoption in _some_ production
environments. So are many other features for many other
environments. It's really easy to over color the priorities
based on your own use case. The community is large with
lots of needs. Juggling priorities is a very grey process.
I think there's a lot more to it than that. For example, if D
supported shared libs that can be integrated with C/C++ code then
adoption in a production environment becomes much less risky and
much more practical. For example, instead of recoding an entire
C++ app in D, one could instead include a shared lib that adds on
functionality. Shared libs provide a means to migrate into D
without the all or nothing approach, and that what is currently
one of the major barriers towards adoption.
Hope is about the least likely to produce results (other than
maybe disappointment). I highly encourage those with
needs to actively help address them. It doesn't take a lot of
people to add a lot of value.
My 2 cents,
Brad
I agree, and I have tried to help in small ways. I'll try and do
more when I can and as I learn more.
--rt
