++1 2010/11/9 thank you oldtimer <nos...@_._>
> oldtimer Wrote: > > Some of us hoped D2 would solve the ugly corner cases of the language and > unify a lot of features. Unfortunately not any kind of macro system was > implemented, templates got even uglier, the alias this hack, snake oil > template!X syntax shortcut and all kinds of unnecessary features were added. > Of course also good features were added, but overall this just isn't good > enough. > > Is it a coincidence that all the complaints seem to come from a single > person? Let's take a look at my killfile: > > ankh, anonymous troll, another lurker, anton smith, arnoldsschwartz, bjarne > yesterday, blaise pascal, cal, chmod+x, crap, darth tango, domino, ellis > peters, foobar, gareth charnock, gcc-lurker, girlprogrammer, godworshipper, > gryphon, her3tic, jameskan, jane doe, jarett billingsley, jer, languagefan, > larry coder, lars ivar douchesund, levenshtein, lurker, nobody, oldtimer, > pipe dream, pointing hand, retard, retard++, retarded.clear(), scott, > steveh, superdan, user, wah, william t. fnk, yoda, type<erasure>, uriel > (reddit), eternium (reddit), iliekcaeks (reddit), feepingcreature (reddit), > parametricpoly (reddit), nfxjfg (bugzilla), and many more! > > Sometimes feels like this guy dresses up as bearophile just to waste our > time with stupid nonsense. In reality there's a single sick person opposing > D2 and it's probably the lead developer of Tango who wasn't invited (it's > just one freaking license change!). No wonder Tango for D2 gets ever done, > the guy is wasting time here posting this crap. Sad times. :-( Do us a > favor, go and use that > F#/Spec#/ATS/Clojure/Go/Scala/Haskell/C++/C#/Java/{whatever it is this > time}. Never come back. It's time to cut off this bullshit now. We're > adults. It's too late to change D in any radical way now. You either like it > or hate it. Trust me, those favorite languages of yours suit *you* much > better, we don't deserve that enlightenment TYVM. Go to movies, find a > girlfriend, get a job, buy a house, start living a normal life. Don't be an > emo kid. So much time is wasted on these stupid threads about totally > irrelevant new features. > > To not sound like a pathetic troll, something positive now: With that > knowledge of yours all kinds of *good* things could be done. Write > applications, write libraries, write languages, do language research, earn > money! I challenge you to write your own "clone" of D. Maybe fork D1 and > make a D 1.5 as you "all" wanted. Fix all the "relevant" issues and leave > out template "bloat". Might even attract small user base. Since you get your > money elsewhere, you're not tied to the old dmc/optlink backend. Use LLVM! > Use modern project management tools (Trac, Redmine, ...), use a modern SCM > system (Git), invite all friends in. The stage is yours! If you come up with > something better than D, I might be one of the first developers making the > switch. >