On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 14:29:51 UTC, Thiez wrote: > On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 09:23:54 UTC, Chris wrote: >> One big difference between the D community and other languages' communities is is that D people keep criticizing the language and see every little flaw in every little corner, which is good and which is why D is the way it is. > > Or perhaps D simply has more flaws to criticize. > > On Wednesday, 10 June 2015 at 09:23:54 UTC, Chris wrote: >> Other languages' communities are more like "This is theeeeeee >> language of the future, it's super-duper, no question asked, >> none permitted either!" > > Perhaps you are depicting other communities as a bunch of group-think hipsters because you are insecure about your own community? > > Look, I can make baseless accusations too. Wouldn't you agree it would be nicer (and more effective, I imagine) to promote your community by calling attention rather to its positive qualities, rather than demonizing other communities? Especially when your negative portrayals of other communities are not accompanied by any evidence? > > I'm sure you're a smart person and will for each of the communities in question be able to find evidence of at least one person who at some point in time acted in the way you suggested. Of course such a thing would not prove that the behaviour is representative of the community, so please don't. any community dumb enough to buy merchandise with a programming language's name on it is full of idiots. bye.