On Monday, 17 August 2015 at 01:12:29 UTC, bitwise wrote:
At the very least, the logos of Facebook and Sociomantic could
be displayed at the bottom of the page. I'm not sure who else
would be included, but I don't think Walter and Andrei would
have any trouble coming up with a decent size list. The point
is, I believe there should be "proof at a glance" that D is
doing well in several real world scenarios.
I agree, it is a big failure of the current site that real-world
deployments are not mentioned on the front page or one click away.
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.
I believe there is a place for this information, but my
specific recommendation is to present meaningful proof of D's
usefulness to potential users as soon and succinctly as
possible.
Well, that's what the last part is about, but I think you also
have to tell a story about how the project came to be: that's
what the first two are about.
Feel free to submit a PR with what you have in mind and we
could write it together:
Whether it would ever actually be merged is a different
question. ;)
Unfortunately, I am a little out of the loop with respect to
who exactly is using D, but if Walter or Andrei agreed with
this idea, doing the actual work would be trivial.
Anyways, not making demands here, just my 2 cents :)
The information exists, it's just not easy to find or
particularly expansive:
http://wiki.dlang.org/Current_D_Use
You're not going to get people to agree on the idea, or they'd
have done it already. ;) Somebody needs to submit a PR and force
a decision, and as you say, it's not much work. You can do that
and I'll chip in, or I'll get around to it eventually.
