On Monday, 29 May 2017 at 11:58:56 UTC, evilrat wrote:
Can't sell to those who don't buy.
I can't say for all, but I have noticed that those who
generally use C++ will tell that speed matters "everywhere" (oh
right, they do use C++ "for a reason")
Well, I am in that C++ group... So yes, you cannot sell a GC
language to them on it's own terms for _new_ projects.
But if you can show that an existing legacy C++ framework
benefits in terms of maintenance and further development then it
could be a selling point to managers for such projects.
Not all C++ code bases need max performance throughout, many are
running on much better machines today than they were originally
limited to. So if you can show a better maintenance scenario,
with a gradual move to D, then it could be a way in.
IIRC Inkscape is using a Boehm collector. Integrating Inkscape
with D could be one such "legacy" project that would be worth
noticing.
