On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intrigued
by the fact that it originated in the US but that it's in "the
old world" that a lot of enthusiasts (and contributors) are
found. It's just because you would usually associate innovation
with the "new world", but in this particular case D must have
struck a chord with the old world. Is it marketing and economic
/ pragmatic factors that lead to poor adoption rates (and
sometimes outright hostility) in the US. Maybe, but I think
there's something in the engineering approach and the concepts
that "talks" to us in the "old world". I think this is an
interesting topic as regards both culture and technology. Any
technology is embedded in and the product of a certain culture
/ way of thinking - and D seems to be a special case. Hint:
there's a Ph.D. in it ;)
Here's a half-assed theory :P
Maybe the name has something to do with it :D, Americans have
always made fun about it, strong D jokes (no pun here) make it
hard to talk about it with a straight face around your college
dorm buddies. Also I assume no water cooler talks will go
unnoticed when everyone talks about the D.
Anyhow, it is interesting that, at least apparently, there are
more people involved with Dlang in Europe.
