On Sat, 21 Jul 2012 09:47:06 -0400 Michel Fortin <michel.for...@michelf.ca> wrote: > > And also, more and more it'd require ARM support to be competitive in > the GUI area. >
Yes. But there's an even bigger reason for ARM: Mobile devices, like iOS and Android. I'm not personally a fan of them, but nonetheless those things are HUGE (no pun intended). And yet the ONLY real language choices there are C++, Java and Objective-C (and Lua if you count "Son-of-Flash", ie Corona - which I don't count). And half of THOSE are out of the question if you want cross platform, which any sane developer should. So PERFECT fertile ground for D. I know I keep harping on that, but it's a big issue for me since I'm deep into that stuff now and goddamn do I wish I could be doing it in D, but D's support on those devices (or just outputting C/C++) unfortunately just isn't mature enough ATM.
