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Why is a bad thing that another language design and compiler writer compares his language as a point of comparison?

I really like it when he does because it allows me to see what he has done for D, and learn from it.

> 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).

The article itself compares its assembler to others, so comparing it to D's is quite on topic.

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.

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