On 12/10/11 3:59 PM, Somedude wrote:
Le 10/12/2011 10:56, Bernard Helyer a écrit :
On Saturday, 10 December 2011 at 09:51:08 UTC, Somedude wrote:
Le 10/12/2011 08:54, Piotr Szturmaj a écrit :
And it would be *far* more frustrating for the users, who would observe
different behaviors and different bugs on different compilers. Hence
that would mean that writing portable code necessits to test it with all
compilers.
Just like Javascript, HTML, C, C++, Ada, Perl, Fortran, Cobol, and any
language in existence that's even remotely widely used?
True, but the difference is, the D community cannot afford to waste its
strengths to correct different bugs on several compilers. It is way too
small for that.
That's definitely true, but at the same time the notion of "community"
is rather amorphous. At the end of the day a community doesn't reason
and act like an individual, and no member of the community, however
willing, will always act the way that's in the best rational interest of
the community.
One can't impose people in a community what to work on on their own free
time. But things can be improved with good leadership and example. This
is something Walter and I want to improve on.
Andrei
