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

[Laeeth isharc via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Wednesday, 28 November 2018 at 13:30:37 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:
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.

The innovator's dilemma, which is really an insight that dates 
back to Toynbee, and before that Ibn Khaldun, is not so obvious.  
I am not sure that you have understood it.  I suggest reading the 
book if you are interested, but otherwise I unfortunately don't 
have so much time at the moment to try to persuade you of what 
this phenomenon is like and there's limited value to talking 
about talking rather than having a discussion based on a shared 
understanding of what this is about.