On 2 March 2012 09:47, Marco Leise <marco.le...@gmx.de> wrote: > Am 01.03.2012, 21:26 Uhr, schrieb Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com>: > > > On 2012-03-01 15:40, Marco Leise wrote: >> >>> Since everyone loves polls, and the question comes up now and then: What >>> is your main development platform for D ? >>> >>> http://www.easypolls.net/poll.**html?p=**4f4f7d25c2e1b0e40b0ac494<http://www.easypolls.net/poll.html?p=4f4f7d25c2e1b0e40b0ac494> >>> >> >> Why bundle Linux and FreeBSD in one option? >> > > I considered the two 'similar enough' from a point of view of architecture > and organization to merge them (aka Unix-like). I admit, that I never used > FreeBSD though. > Anyway the numbers nicely show, that neither Windows nor > Linux(-compatible) are underrepresented in the D community. My personal > opinion is that the number of Windows users is actually low, considering > its market share and other surveys like this: http://redmonk.com/sogrady/* > *2010/10/27/developer-os-**preferences/<http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2010/10/27/developer-os-preferences/> >
But we knew that already, because most of the D devs are linux guys, and D does not present a good experience to Windows users. I can personally point to numerous friends/colleagues who tried out D and turned away within a few hours because the Windows experience was so weak. Windows support should be prioritised BECAUSE Windows numbers are low, not because there's perceived to be no demand on that platform.
