Re: D compilation is too slow and I am forking the compiler

[Guillaume Piolat via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 28 November 2018 at 12:48:46 UTC, Laeeth Isharc 
wrote:

Nassim Taleb raises the question of how do you choose between 
two surgeons, both recommended.  One looks the part and hangs 
his many certificates on his office wall.  The other looks 
scruffy with the appearance of a tradesman.  Who do you pick?  
Taleb says pick the guy who doesn't look the part because if he 
got there without signalling he must have something going for 
him.


It's definately the kind of surgeon one should choose - 
programmers that are not necessarily well groomed etc.. - but is 
it the kind of surgeon people will actually recommend? I'm 
doubtful.

If X has the social signalling then people will recommend X even 
without trying, because it's socially safe.

If one doesn't have the signalling, I've found the hard way even 
supporters will hesitate a bit before making recommendations, 
because of the social standing _cost_ it may have.

But then, perhaps recommendations don't matter, because opinions 
don't matter much? I think they matter to be even heard on public 
places.

And I think early adopters need a nudge, the influent need to be 
bothered by less influents (influencers are not especially on the 
lookout for new options, as they are already influent). Above all 
I think the niche of early-adopters is smaller than the larger 
market for languages, and the early-adopters are going elsewhere.