I think Walter has been doing a great job with D. I do not like all the choices he has made (I am more radical when it is about breaking old habits from C) but, overall, D is an admirable and well-balanced language. And dmd a quite nice compiler. I hope it will be on 64-bits asap.
I admire and use Walter's work. eles == Quote from ArnoldSSchwartz ([email protected])'s article > "Walter Bright" <[email protected]> wrote in message > news:[email protected]... > >D is an extremely powerful language, but when I read complaints and > >sighs about other languages, few seem to know that these problems are > >solved with D. Essentially, we have a marketing problem. > > > > One great way to address it is by writing articles about various > > aspects of D and how they solve problems, like > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cb14j/ compiletime_function_execution_in_d/ > > which was well received on reddit. > > > > Anyone have good ideas on topics for D articles? And anyone want to > > stand up and write an article? > > > > They don't have to be comprehensive articles (though of course those > > are better), even blog entries will do. > I think you have and have had good intent (that is not necessarily a > reality, just a hope, I don't trust anyone or believe anything). I don't > diss you. If I had a compiler to build, I'd send out an RFP to you, > maybe. If I had a "task" to fill that required a "language builder", I > wouldn't call on you, knowing what I know about you and this place. I > know you're old, so I won't task you with riddles, so I'll give that > answer: "building a language", is not a task on a project manager's > schedule. > You have kids (I hope!). I think you should put D in maintenance mode > (like C and C++ are).
