Han wrote: > Walter Bright wrote: >> On 12/11/2012 11:53 PM, Walter Bright wrote: >>> On 12/11/2012 11:47 PM, Han wrote: >>>> Walter Bright wrote: >>>> >>>>> ML has been around for 30-40 years, and has failed to catch on. >>>> >>>> Isn't D on that same historical path? >>> >>> Many languages wander in the wilderness for years before they catch >>> on. >> >> BTW, many rock bands burst out of nowhere on the scene with instant >> success. > > So it is this kind of wishful thinking that is the basis of the D > project? >> Overlooked is the previous 10 years the band struggled in >> obscurity.
I groked that wrong in my reply. I groked it as "Overlooked IN the previous 10 years, the band struggled in obscurity." So, strike the following passage: > > You KNOW that D has not been "overlooked". Developers and users with > applications give it a look (the former mostly) and then choose > something else. > This part still holds though: >> >> This includes bands like The Beatles. Well, 6 years for The Beatles. > > Do you really think that D will ever have popularity to the level of > The Beatles? If so, when and why and how? Do you have a "Moses > complex" (psychological) a little bit maybe?
