On 18 March 2018 at 18:50, rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On 19/03/2018 2:38 PM, Manu wrote: >> >> On 18 March 2018 at 18:29, rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d >> >> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: >>> >>> On 19/03/2018 2:21 PM, Manu wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 18 March 2018 at 18:11, rikki cattermole via Digitalmars-d >>>> <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> For those not in the know, Manu is special. >>>>> >>>>> He is in essence a use case for D himself. >>>>> >>>>> We really should be trying to make him happy in terms of blockers. >>>>> It's just good business sense. >>>>> >>>>> Shame we can't throw money at him, he would have great ROI value. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Haha! >>>> I tried to mitigate coming across that way, and express myself in >>>> terms of patience and frustration, which I think is probably something >>>> a lot of people here can relate to. >>>> >>>> Sure, there's no reason for anyone to care about my opinion, but I >>>> have truly spent years investing in D, and strategies and attempts to >>>> integrate it into my work *professionally*. Doing company >>>> demonstrations, training colleagues, attempting small projects as >>>> proof of concept, etc. >>>> That's all I care about. I have hobby projects like everyone, but what >>>> I *really* care about, is getting to the point where I can write D >>>> code professionally in my field of work. >>>> I also think I work in one of the prime fields where D has so much to >>>> offer... but we also have an unusually high bar-to-entry. >>> >>> >>> >>> Your entire reply is reason to care about your opinion :) >>> >>> I'm not alone in thinking that you're a very valuable community member. >> >> >> I'm not though... I'm a noisy whingey one that never actually gives >> anything back! >> I'm just a stubborn mule that's constantly trying to fight my way >> through my next hurdle. >> >> I think maybe my lessons are of some value, and I've been a forcing >> function for a few important developments. >> If I were to start over again today, I might have different >> experience, thanks to a relative increase in ecosystem maturity >> compared to when I started. >> >>> Perhaps you can have a chat with a member of DLF about getting a list of >>> issues for you figured out? >> >> >> I've influenced more than I feel is reasonable with respect to my >> results. I've mostly failed, and not through lack of trying. There are >> lots of people here now who are having way more success than I have. >> I might do that if I could maneuver my workplace into a position where >> they were to consider a serious investigation again. > > > Your result, is a better D experience for everyone involved. > There has been no failure that I can see on the communities end. > > You failed to create a successful commercial products using D, wait hang on > Quantum Break! > > Just because 99 times out of 100 you've failed doesn't mean 1 won't be > successful given more hard work.
I'm much more comfortable with confrontational emails :P I'm not doing much work anymore though... I'm drifting for entirely preventable reasons. I guess I just wanted to share that here somehow. In altogether too many words! ;)