On Wed, 2017-12-27 at 02:13 -0800, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
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> 
> Builtin unittests and Ddoc, for example. There's a big psychological
> advantage 
> to having them built in rather than requiring an external tool. The
> closeness to 
> C syntax is no accident, for another.
> 
> I've been in the compiler biz since the early 80s, working with
> customers, doing 
> tech support. That results in experience in what works for people and
> what 
> doesn't, even if it is not scientific or better from a CS point of
> view.

This does not support the original claim that the design of D by you is
based on psychology. It may be based on your perception of other
programmers needs, which is fine per se, but that is not psychology-
based design. 

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