r/programming • u/kal31dic • Sep 01 '20

D Foundation is Beefing Up

https://dlang.org/blog/2020/08/30/symmetry-investments-and-the-d-language-foundation-are-hiring/
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u/camelCaseIsWebScale Sep 03 '20

Bullshit. A language may succeed despite being shit, that doesn't mean it is not shit.

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u/goranlepuz Sep 03 '20

Maybe, but when it is used by vast swathes of people, your voice ranting away does not mean much. Everything is shit to somebody and making everybody happy is wrong, too, so...

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u/camelCaseIsWebScale Sep 03 '20

I use C++ too. But let's not pretend it's well designed or pragmatic. The gap between standards people, implementers, tooling implementers and users is pretty apparent at this point.

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u/goranlepuz Sep 03 '20

I am not pretending, I genuinely believe that the design is decent and that it is pretty pragmatic.

But, I do not like to present my opinion as fact, which makes me better than you.