On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 17:37:17 UTC, Steve Teale wrote:
On Monday, 10 February 2014 at 19:03:22 UTC, Tofu Ninja wrote:
I am only 20 and am still in university so I feel like I can
answer this with at least my own experiences. Personally I
think D would capture the attention of more young people if it
was simply easier to use. The first "real" language I really
got into was C#(about 5-6 years ago) and I think the main
You hijacked my topic and converted it into the usual arguments
about lack of infrastructure for D.
I'm talking about guys and girls who don't have a computer, let
alone C#. They just have a cheap smart phone that maybe they
succeeded in getting rooted. So is your answer that they should
just use Java?
And yes, the C# library is excellent, but D is a better
language, and is easy to use. Get out of the wood and see the
trees!
I'm at the other end of my life, with a long view of history.
We should do our bit to help to bring civilization and reason
(back) to the world, not just tell people 'use C#'.
A more relevant criticism would be that people who only know
say Swahili won't be able to find out about and use D anyway -
Java either. Sadly my Swahili is not up to it.
Sorry, but you asked for it ;=)
Steve
Oh I am sorry, by developing world I thought you were talking
about the world of developers, why are you interested in getting
D to the developing world? Seems kinda odd...