On Sunday, 16 August 2015 at 05:12:06 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Saturday, 15 August 2015 at 18:04:20 UTC, bitwise wrote:
Just a side note, looking at the main page of dlang.org, I
don't see any reference to who's using/contributing to D, or
a link thereto.
I think it would help a lot of the logos of the D language's
top sponsors could be seen somewhere on the main page. Maybe
along the bottom as "Proud D users" or something. The top ~10
sponsors could be chosen based of the dollar amounts or man
hours contributed.
C++ has "Gold members" on their about page:
https://isocpp.org/about
Rust has a "Team" page:
https://www.rust-lang.org/team.html
Python has success stories:
https://www.python.org/about/success/
I could probably find more, but suffice it to say, it's a
common occurrence.
Heh, funny you mention this, as I have a tab open in my browser
open to the dlang.org github to remind me to submit a PR for
just such an "about" page. However, those examples are not
that great for D, as it has no foundation or levels of
sponsorship like C++, no formal teams like Rust, and that
python page is actually not very good, though certainly long.
At the very least, the logos of Facebook and Sociomantic could be
displayed at the bottom of the page. I'm not sure who else would
be included, but I don't think Walter and Andrei would have any
trouble coming up with a decent size list. The point is, I
believe there should be "proof at a glance" that D is doing well
in several real world scenarios.
I was thinking a page to briefly recap the language's genesis,
introduce the two BDFLs, and mention corporate and project
successes, along with some quotes from prominent users.
I believe there is a place for this information, but my specific
recommendation is to present meaningful proof of D's usefulness
to potential users as soon and succinctly as possible.
Feel free to submit a PR with what you have in mind and we
could write it together:
Whether it would ever actually be merged is a different
question. ;)
Unfortunately, I am a little out of the loop with respect to who
exactly is using D, but if Walter or Andrei agreed with this
idea, doing the actual work would be trivial.
Anyways, not making demands here, just my 2 cents :)
Bit
