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That's a dangerously general statement, and it does not apply to me (an engineer) for example. I learned a lot of languages because of the language itself, e.g.
by anyfoo 6y ago
That's a dangerously general statement, and it does not apply to me (an engineer) for example. I learned a lot of languages because of the language itself, e.g. their type system.
- jdxcode 6y agoPerhaps. But general as it is this explains what OP was asking: Why Rust is more popular when D has the same functionality. There's always people that are fascinated by new languages but I feel this is likely a minority. I think people want to learn languages they know will be useful.
- metrokoi 6y agoIt may be dangerous to blindly trust that a language is good based on a company's success with that language, but a large company deciding to heavily invest resources and take a risk on a language is also evidence that the language has the designs to succeed.
- nix23 6y agoThat's based on the company, tech...yes, insurance..probably no ;)