• Trass3r (1/1) Mar 22 2009 Seems quite inactive? :(
• Bill Baxter (5/6) Mar 22 2009 Gregor said he got busy with grad school, so basically nothing is
• Trass3r (2/6) Mar 22 2009 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(
• bearophile (8/9) Mar 22 2009 My hypothesis:
• Trass3r (8/10) Mar 22 2009 Yeah, already heard that from various developers. But porting to D2
• Derek Parnell (11/17) Mar 22 2009 Got it in one.
• BCS (3/11) Mar 22 2009 Because D is a young man thing. "Young" as in about to dive into school/...
• Clay Smith (3/19) Mar 22 2009 Fully agree, 100%. This will be true until D becomes more viable in the
• Derek Parnell (7/10) Mar 22 2009 I'm 54 years old, BTW
• BCS (3/13) Mar 22 2009
• =?UTF-8?B?QWxleGFuZGVyIFDDoW5law==?= (3/4) Mar 22 2009 Not quite, since Gregor is very busy with studying.
• Trass3r (4/5) Mar 22 2009 Yes, I posted it in the learn section.

Trass3r <mrmocool gmx.de> writes:

Seems quite inactive? :(

Bill Baxter <wbaxter gmail.com> writes:

On Mon, Mar 23, 2009 at 5:20 AM, Trass3r <mrmocool gmx.de> wrote:
 Seems quite inactive? :(

Gregor said he got busy with grad school, so basically nothing is
happening with it.  Maybe when summer break time rolls around?  But
I'm not holding my breath.

--bb

Trass3r <mrmocool gmx.de> writes:

Bill Baxter schrieb:
 Gregor said he got busy with grad school, so basically nothing is
 happening with it.  Maybe when summer break time rolls around?  But
 I'm not holding my breath.
 

Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Trass3r:
 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(

My hypothesis:
- D1 is felt as a dead end, there's not much purpose in writing very big
programs in it if you will have a D2 beta in some months.
- There are more D projects than D developers. D is mostly a niche language
still.
- Most D projects are created for nonprofessional purposes, by students and
they have a life too.
- Many D projects are experiments.

Bye,
bearophile

Trass3r <mrmocool gmx.de> writes:

bearophile schrieb:
 - D1 is felt as a dead end, there's not much purpose in writing very big
programs in it if you will have a D2 beta in some months.

Yeah, already heard that from various developers. But porting to D2 
isn't THAT hard in the end.

 - Most D projects are created for nonprofessional purposes, by students and
they have a life too.

Yeah, I'm just wondering why noone else takes over development (or at 
least fixes some bugs etc), dsss is a pretty nifty tool.

But universities indeed seem to be the most promising users of D.
I think some good libraries providing Matlab-style functionality could 
heavily boost D's popularity.

Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 16:51:41 -0400, bearophile wrote:

 Trass3r:
 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(

 
 My hypothesis:
 - D1 is felt as a dead end, there's not much purpose in writing
 very big programs in it if you will have a D2 beta in some months.

Got it in one.

I'm waiting for D2 before enhancing Bud any more.

 ... then there's my unreleased text processor (macros) that also waits for
D2.

... and the version of the Euphoria language in D.


D1 is a non-starter for me now. 

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell

BCS <none anon.com> writes:

Hello Trass3r,

 Bill Baxter schrieb:
 
 Gregor said he got busy with grad school, so basically nothing is
 happening with it.  Maybe when summer break time rolls around?  But
 I'm not holding my breath.
 

 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(
 

Because D is a young man thing. "Young" as in about to dive into
school/job/having 
wife & kids/whatever. We start a project and then real life kicks in.

Clay Smith <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:

BCS wrote:
 Hello Trass3r,
 
 Bill Baxter schrieb:

 Gregor said he got busy with grad school, so basically nothing is
 happening with it.  Maybe when summer break time rolls around?  But
 I'm not holding my breath.

 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(

 
 Because D is a young man thing. "Young" as in about to dive into 
 school/job/having wife & kids/whatever. We start a project and then real 
 life kicks in.
 
 

Fully agree, 100%. This will be true until D becomes more viable in the 
commercial scene.

Derek Parnell <derek psych.ward> writes:

On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:09 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote:

 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(


 

 Because D is a young man thing. "Young" as in about to dive into
school/job/having 
 wife & kids/whatever. We start a project and then real life kicks in.


I'm 54 years old, BTW

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell

BCS <none anon.com> writes:

Hello Derek,

 On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 21:27:09 +0000 (UTC), BCS wrote:
 
 Why does every good D project get more or less abandoned? :(
 

 Because D is a young man thing. "Young" as in about to dive into
 school/job/having wife & kids/whatever. We start a project and then
 real life kicks in.
 

 I'm 54 years old, BTW
 

<g/>

"Absolutely all absolute statements are wrong", I was speeking in general. 

=?UTF-8?B?QWxleGFuZGVyIFDDoW5law==?= writes:

Trass3r wrote:
 Seems quite inactive? :(

Not quite, since Gregor is very busy with studying.

Do you face any specific problems?

Trass3r <mrmocool gmx.de> writes:

Alexander Pánek schrieb:
 Do you face any specific problems?

Yes, I posted it in the learn section.
Maybe my dsss setup is wrong, but I can't find any information about 
that anywhere.