On Saturday, 15 August 2015 at 18:04:20 UTC, bitwise wrote:
Just a side note, looking at the main page of dlang.org, I
don't see any reference to who's using/contributing to D, or a
link thereto.
I think it would help a lot of the logos of the D language's
top sponsors could be seen somewhere on the main page. Maybe
along the bottom as "Proud D users" or something. The top ~10
sponsors could be chosen based of the dollar amounts or man
hours contributed.
C++ has "Gold members" on their about page:
https://isocpp.org/about
Rust has a "Team" page:
https://www.rust-lang.org/team.html
Python has success stories:
https://www.python.org/about/success/
I could probably find more, but suffice it to say, it's a
common occurrence.
Heh, funny you mention this, as I have a tab open in my browser
open to the dlang.org github to remind me to submit a PR for just
such an "about" page. However, those examples are not that great
for D, as it has no foundation or levels of sponsorship like C++,
no formal teams like Rust, and that python page is actually not
very good, though certainly long.
I was thinking a page to briefly recap the language's genesis,
introduce the two BDFLs, and mention corporate and project
successes, along with some quotes from prominent users. Feel
free to submit a PR with what you have in mind and we could write
it together:
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pulls
Whether it would ever actually be merged is a different question.
;)
