"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:hatc8c$277...@digitalmars.com... > Ary Borenszweig wrote: >> Walter Bright wrote: >>> Denis Koroskin wrote: >>>> In fact, that's what I do right now. >>> >>> I think that's great. But it requires a lot of work (as of course you >>> know). >> >> Good things require a lot of work. :) > > Of course. But getting something done and available in a short amount of > time is also good! > > For example, some people say to me "why should I use D, when C++0x solves > my issues with C++?" > > And I point out "how many more years are you willing to wait for C++0x, > when D is here now?" > > [Setting aside for the moment the issue of whether C++0x really is better > than D or not!] > > The point is, good enough now gets us further down the road of getting a > user base large enough to justify the effort for a more comprehensive > solution. > > For example, if I have many miles to commute to work, the best choice is a > car. But if I can't afford a car, or am too young to drive, a bike at > least gets me there. Before I was 16 and could drive, a bike was very > liberating for me, I rode it everywhere.
It's a good point, but, if I'm reading this group right, it sounds like it might not be quite as useful as you're expecting it would be.