Walter Bright wrote: > On 9/16/2011 2:47 PM, Peter Alexander wrote: >> Essentially, I agree with his conclusion in the post. Tools and >> libraries would be my biggest concerns (in that order). The fact >> that D (usually) makes things easier for me barely registered when >> thinking about this. > > If you had $100,000,000 none of these are an issue, as you can easily > afford to hire top developers to address any and all of them.
Exactly. Like Google is doing with Go. No need for "general purpose" (or "novelty") when you have a "special purpose" budget. > > There's a reason why huge companies like Microsoft, Google, Intel and > Apple bring compiler dev in house. It's because they are so heavily > reliant on compiler technology, they cannot afford not to.
