On Friday, 16 May 2014 at 14:20:36 UTC, Etienne wrote:
On 2014-05-16 10:15 AM, Chris wrote:
C isn't the best programming language. Only because something
is
everywhere, doesn't mean it's good (Windows comes to mind, and
other big
brands). As to the revolutionary ideas, are they really
revolutionary or
do they serve some corporate interest? Are there better ideas
that will
never be put into practice because they don't serve or even go
against
corporate interest? Is D still a small player because it is too
community-oriented? (I hope this will never change!)
Mind you, how many of the big "be all end all"-technologies
that have
been hyped over the years are really good (including community
base
projects)? JS, Java, Ajax, PHP, Ruby, iOS, Android ...? With
good I mean
really good, not omnipresent.
I'll have to go with: If it managed to serve corporate
interest, that's because you were satisfied by it and suggested
to others to "vote with their money".
... or because nobody ever had a real choice (Windows comes to
mind again). Talking about creating monopolies, cartels and the
like. This goes for everything, not just software. Do people
learn English, because they think it is a beautiful language or
because they have to, if they want to access a global market?
Does the omnipresence of English mean that it's the best language
ever (Bien sûr!) and that's why people "vote" for it? Isn't it
sometimes just choosing the lesser evil instead of being able to
choose something really good?
The company name is merely there to take that cash and
re-distribute it to whom deserves it. I doubt the smartest
person in the world could produce a microprocessor chip from
sand without help
