On 2 September 2013 05:44, Brian Schott <briancsch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sunday, 1 September 2013 at 18:36:39 UTC, SomeDude wrote: > >> I think at this point, what D needs is a bit of commercial support from a >> company like JetBrains or some equivalent. Maybe there is now an >> opportunity for founding such a company, one that would specialize in >> building professional tools around the D language. I believe the language >> and the compilers are stable enough to grow a serious business around them. >> If we compare to what the state of C++ compilers was before 2000, I believe >> we are much better off. And that was just over a decade ago. Who knows what >> the state of D will be in 5 years ? So yes, there is a case to be made for >> growing a company around pro D tools, and the first company that does it >> will grab the whole market. >> > > It's a bit of a chicken-and-egg problem. I'd like to do this, but there > would have to be several companies already using D professionally for it to > be a viable business model. And for a company to invest in D, they'd > probably want the tooling to already exist. > Well you can look at Remedy's experience. I've also sparked interest in staff from a few other companies when talking to developers. It'll never fly though if when they go to try it out, they're met with the kind of experience I had on the weekend. Don't underestimate how much people hate C++ these days.
