Comment by mathisfun123
2 days ago
> Why is a bad thing that another language design and compiler writer compares his language as a point of comparison?
"why is it a bad thing if you do X thing incessantly". in this specific case it's called shilling. if you've been on hn for longer than a week you'll notice he advertises D as if it's his fulltime job (which it probably is).
Google defines "shill" as: "A shill is a person who is paid or secretly works with a trickster, gambler, or salesperson to trick others into buying something or joining a game by pretending to be a normal, happy customer"
I am not paid, nor work secretly (I use my real name), and am not tricking anyone.
The article itself compares its assembler to others, so comparing it to D's is quite on topic.