Problem is, low profile programmers aren't the most interesting
target for D right now. You have to choose your battles and I
believe that isn't done enough in D marketing. For example we
have lots of issues promoting the GC because we want to attract
people that like that kind of memory management and at the same
time people that don't. So we end up saying "yeah, we have a
GC, but you can do things without it" and the same question
comes over and over again "make up your mind, is it possible or
not to code in D without GC?".
Right now the marketing targets companies and C++ programmers.
Maybe that's not the way to go but it's the path that was
choosen until now. To those programmers the message our
marketing tries to send is "D is a serious, solid language that
gives you the power to build industry software". It's all about
being a rock: solid, sturdy, there to stay for years to come.
Of course on side channels we talk about it being also a good
scripting language etc, but that's not the main image. An image
of scripting language is likely to make DÂ loose most of its
credibility amongst C++ groups (I may be wrong about it but
it's the impression I get).
What you're proposing is way more than a website modification,
it's a profound marketting change. Maybe it's the right way to
go, but if that's what you want you may want to rethink your
whole approach with the fact that it's not about dlang.org's
cosmetic anymore.
Ok no problem, I understand your point :)
Indeed the current website conveys quite well the "serious
C++-like language for the software industry" concept.
Unfortunately it's not an easy task to convince people to use D
instead of Java, C#, Go, C++, etc
There are much more risks involved in deciding to adopt a new
language when it's for people's core business.
Same reasons why I'm still using C++ and Go professionally btw,
and I'm sorry for that...
