On Thursday, 3 September 2015 at 23:56:53 UTC, Prudence wrote:
After being away from D and deciding to test the idea of
writing a commercial app in it, There were 2 big things that
have jumped out at me:
1. The setup is a much compared to most modern day compilers
and software. While VS is huge, obviously has a ton of money
behind it, it installs without much fanfare. When installing VS
you know that ones it's done after a few mins you can jump into
programming and actually get something done.
2. The error messages in D are horrendous. They tend to be
terse, point to places where the error actually doesn't occur,
and almost always require one to loop up the error, if it's not
obvious. This is a waste of time for the programmer. Usually
the more complex code the more crypographic the errors are.
3. Since I use VS, I installed VD. It works up to a point. But
is so ill-integrated into VS that it makes me want to just jump
back into .NET.
D is like a Ferrari owned by someone who doesn't keep it clean,
forgets to change the oil and filters. Sure, it's pretty
powerful but it sure looks ugly and you might not trust it in a
race.
VS.NET is like a sleep Lamborghini that's kept in a climate
controlled show room and regularly tuned for performance.
I think D is about as easy to install as anything. But then again
I dont use Windows so I dont have 99.9% of the hassles that come
along with that. Since you didnt provide any examples it is
kinda hard to fix but we can guess at your problems so my
solution would be:
Wipe Windows
Install Arch
Install vim
Install DMD.
Problem solved :)
