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.
I think this is valuable information from a relatively unbiased
potential user, and good ideas and action items on how we can
improve our curb appeal. Even mistaken perceptions are good
signal - it means our materials weren't explicit enough to
dispel them.
I'd love us to derive a few action items from this and other
feedback.
Andrei
Well see the real problem is that D cant seem to cater to one
group or another.
It cant cater to new/inexperienced people because it isnt
portrayed that way.
It cant cater to the hardcore/DieHard C/C++ people because it is
difficult to convince them.
You need to pick a target audience and stick with it...
