On Monday, 27 April 2015 at 07:45:30 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 19:13:33 UTC, ponce wrote:
Lesson taken: should have put a less aggressive title.
Not necessarily. The people who complain loudly constitute a
tiny subset of those who are ultimately influenced. One can't
walk through life in fear of criticism, and if you believe D is
superior in this respect and backed it up (which it seemed to
me you did), then I think it's more effective to say so and
prepare for the inevitable brickbats than to placate those who
will always find a reason to attack you ;)
Good advice, thanks! It seems the more assertive tones often get
less criticism.
In any case, some really good stuff in your idioms. Maybe
worth turning into a longer blog piece that recounts in a
personal voice your experience of using D as a C++ guy.
Thanks. There might be errors in places.
Bringing D in the workplace often bring incredible resistance and
arguments.
I've heard it all over the years:
- "D is like C#, why use it?"
- "D can't be scripted" (yes it can)
- "D isn't fast enough"
- "D isn't much used and is 10 years old, there must be problems"
- "D isn't used enough"
Much like C++ was met with resistance?
Meanwhile D programs get written and consistently over-deliver on
promises.
