On Wednesday, 25 May 2022 at 12:23:21 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> While I wouldn't go as far to say that it's everything we have to know, it's still real research.
Most research is not useful in isolation. Scientific research aims at pointing to causal factors, not correlation or averaging self selected self evaluation. Correlation can be highly misleading, sadly.
It is useful to think of growth models like the ones you find in biology and other fields. So, if we think of D programmers as species and then think about population densities then we have something that can help.
D may have had enough game programmers over time, but not in sufficient density. Dplug is doing the clever thing, trying to create immigration to the D island from the mainland where food is scarce. But those birds need help crossing the ocean so it isn’t cheap... you need enough birds to weather a storm, so you cannot stop helping prematurely... so you are bound to a long term investment.
Doing the same for gaming is perhaps even more difficult, there is plenty on the mainland so why would the birds cross the ocean? We need something others don’t have that is very tasty... what exactly would that be?
D has attracted many species, but low concentrations of each. If you are below a threshold you will not produce. If you seed with random species maybe some will take hold given enough time, if the environment is stable, if it isnt you typically will get a rotation, but no big concencentration...
There is a reason why the D standard lib is the most successful collaboration.
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