Thu, 03 Jun 2010 16:58:03 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > D is an extremely powerful language, but when I read complaints and > sighs about other languages, few seem to know that these problems are > solved with D. Essentially, we have a marketing problem. > > One great way to address it is by writing articles about various aspects > of D and how they solve problems, like > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/cb14j/ compiletime_function_execution_in_d/ > which was well received on reddit. > > Anyone have good ideas on topics for D articles? And anyone want to > stand up and write an article? > > They don't have to be comprehensive articles (though of course those are > better), even blog entries will do.
Well, I for one, like to know when the D2 will be officially published. I thought there was a bugfix week and the TDPL was written because D2 is almost ready and there was supposed to be a big kaboom. The version number is already at 2.046 but there are maybe 100 bugs waiting in the bugzilla with patches and the compiler & spec are seriously broken. When will it be usable? What will be the version number of the first usable D2 dmd? There was a "huge" D1 release party, but I'm not sure when it's a good time to move to D2. It's not enough that the examples from the book work, D needs to be ready for commercial quality applications. What's the library status? Where are the official milestones? Future plans? What's happening here?
