On 24 September 2015 at 01:09, Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d <[email protected]> wrote: > On 09/23/2015 08:19 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote: >> >> >> The most important can be paraphrased as "I had heard of D but as it >> was getting no traction, I never looked at it again." >> > > While I agree this is something we need to address, I gotta say: I > *strongly* consider that attitude to be highly indicative of a > mediocre-at-best developer.
'Most' developers are mediocre-at-best. They are the developers we need to attract. They are the critical mass, and they represent momentum. The enthusiasts are already here. > This is engineering, not fucking fashion. You're familiar with JS, MongoDB, Ruby on rails, etc, etc? Software engineers are firmly engaged in fashion. > Popularity has no place in decision making here. Sadly, false. > From everything I've seen, 90% of the problems that > exist in computing technology today can be traced back directly to some > jackass(es) weighing popularity higher than actual technical merit. So, you agree and recognise the truth. We need to appeal in terms of a popularity contest. That's the way forward ;)
