On Monday, 29 December 2014 at 16:33:05 UTC, Joakim wrote:
But Dicebot is right that "users" are not the concern of those
outside a small core who contribute to D. Most contributors
are just scratching their own itch, and users are just
potential suckers who might add other features I want. ;)
*Stunned*
On Monday, 29 December 2014 at 17:57:42 UTC, Joseph Rushton
Wakeling wrote:
I don't think it needs to be a zero-sum game. Removing
blockers to entry can make an orders-of-magnitude difference in
the number of users for a particular platform, and when you
gain users, you gain developers. Paying now to remove basic
usability issues could well free up a lot of core contributor
time in future, by opening a door for Windows devs that makes
it worth their while to invest effort into the language and its
toolchain.
Yes, this is how i see things.
