On Friday, 22 November 2013 at 10:29:35 UTC, Chris wrote:
Yes, yes, yes. You are of course right that corporate backing gives a language a boost, even if it's a mediocre language. But as soon as corporate thinking comes into a language (profit, ideology, branding, hype and whatnot), it's doomed. D has to breathe, and I admire all the people who have made D happen, and who are making it happen. I've learned a lot just by listening (well, reading).
You're talking about corporate _management_ rather than corporate backing. The former can obviously lead to problems (though it doesn't have to) -- the latter is almost invariably good, as it means there's someone who can serve as guarantor that any necessary work will get done.
