Jesse Phillips wrote:
Well, part of the problem is that you can use all of those arguments against D (That includes the complaint about Lisp). Maybe not if you just look at D1 or just D2, and many times the complaints aren't as big an issue as they are made out to be once you start using the language. And yes, Lisp did seem an odd choice considering why he didn't choose the one of the other languages.
My take on this is he wanted to use Lisp and went looking for a justification.
I have long experience with people who say "I won't use your product because of X." If you then resolve X, they still won't use the product, because X was not the real reason.
It's far more productive to work with people who already use the product and try to resolve issues that they are actually faced with.
