== Quote from Jonathan M Davis (jmdavisp...@gmx.com)'s article > On Monday 18 October 2010 01:34:51 dennis luehring wrote: > > > My question is how many D like languages came up with an open source > > > compiler? Why do people keep using that argument again and again? > > > > and second > > > > how many of these "other" languages got an community driven development > > processes (aren't there always "these five keyplayers" around?) > Java was big long before it was open-sourced, and C# is big in spite of the > fact > that its main compiler isn't open source and the one that is (Mono) is so far > behind the main one that many people totally discount it. Sure, C and C++ have > open source compilers, but most people that use them on Windows use Visual > Studio (which obviously isn't open source). > There _are_ definitely big languages out there with open source compilers, but > many of them don't. So, personally, I really don't understand the whole open > source complaint either. A compiler is a tool to get things done. Sure, it's > nice if it's free, and having it be open source is that much better, but the > real question is how well it does its job.
+1 I always regard that the role of software is to be seamless/invisible to the user. If you don't realise it is there working away, then its doing its job properly.
