On Wednesday, 8 February 2023 at 13:32:46 UTC, zjh wrote:
On Wednesday, 8 February 2023 at 12:12:57 UTC, thebluepandabear
wrote:
but I still think the language has potential in the future
I don't know if they have a sense of crisis. Now `D` in tiebo
ranks `50`.
I wouldn't say they have or should have a sense of crisis, the
language itself is improving on a day-to-day basis but it isn't
gaining popularity. I initially came in excited learning D
because I thought that having a small ecosystem would just be a
minor pain, but now I realize it's not minor -- it's pretty
major. This is not to say D isn't a good language, it certainly
is pretty good, but it just needs a bigger ecosystem. The
community itself is great, no weirdos in it like Rust, but it
just needs to be bigger.
I am actually taking a computer science class and I need to
create desktop apps to pass and get through school. I thought
this would be possible with D, but it has turned out to be a
massive pain, so this is why I am switching to Java.
I think D may be one of those languages that eventually blows up
like Rust because it's honestly great (it feels like a native
Java some times), they just need to work on _marketing_ and
_strengthening_ the ecosystem.
Some corporate backing (RedHat, for example) would also be great
since many people are working on it for free, and thus lacking in
motivation.
anyways I know nobody cares about my opinion, and hopefully this
didn't come across disrespectful
