On Friday, March 16, 2018 11:44:59 Chris via Digitalmars-d 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 ;)
Walter mentioned at a dconf a while back that some of them had been discussing it, and they decided that it was because all of the cars in Germany have a sticker of the letter D on them (for Deutschland). :) - Jonathan M Davis
