On 3/13/15 6:18 AM, Dicebot wrote:
On Friday, 13 March 2015 at 00:20:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
A friend of mine needed to complete a small project and thought of
using a language he didn't know for it. He already knew I work on D so
he considered it alongside Go. He ended up choosing the latter, and
documented his decision making process in a few notes that he
subsequently shared with me. I'll paste below a sort of transcript of
his handwritten notes.
In my opinion it is better to focus on tempting users with D strong bits
than oversell it by trying it compete in topics it has inherent
disadvantage. There is not point in try to compete with Go on topic of
simplicity - they have crippled the language tremendeously to get that
simplicity. Simple D has no value - I would simply prefer Go instead of
it as it has head start advantage in toolchain.
Yah, simplicity is hard to add later :o).
Instead it is better to focus on explaining users that they don't want
what they think they want, akin to that Bjarne quote. And don't be
afraid to admit to certain users that D is not a best choice for them.
It doesn't mean that such valuable feedback should be ignore - there is
indeed a lot that can be improved in the learning curve. But trying to
fight for user who makes choice with "trendy" and "simplicity" in mind
is a battle lost from the very beginning.
Simplicity yes, but trends do change.
Andrei
