On Saturday, August 13, 2011 10:49:43 Jouko Koski wrote: > "Nick Sabalausky" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Any sentence involving the phrases "C++" and "it works" needs to be > > appended with something like "...sort of" or "...barely". > > When I talk about D programming language to somebody, I prefer avoiding this > sort of tone entirely.
Not to mention, if you're trying to get a C++ programmer to try D, odds are that they don't think that C++ is junk. There's almost certainly stuff about it which they don't like or wish were improved, but they're almost certainly not going to think that C++ is junk or that it only works "sort of" or "barely." C++ works extremely well for a lot of stuff, which is why it's used for a lot of stuff. It has lot of issues too, and it's understandable if someone doesn't want to use it, but odds are that someone who uses C++ on a regular basis - _especially_ if they use it by choice - is not going to think all that badly of it. Honestly, if you're trying to get someone to try D, you're going to need to talk about D's good points, _not_ why the language that you're trying to get them to drop is junk. That's likely to just make them defensive and not listen to you. - Jonathan M Davis
