On 11/10/13 11:14 AM, Timon Gehr wrote:
On 11/10/2013 05:39 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 11/9/13 1:27 AM, SomeDude wrote:
I would add that constant breaking changes make the language unfit for
industrial usage in the long term.
Let's remember that D is being pushed in production by Andrei at
Facebook. If the language breaks everything at each release, there is no
way Facebook or any other company for that matter is going to bet a dime
on it.
Agreed with qualifications. We at Facebook are well aware that bumping
the gcc release will inevitably cause breakages, and are able and
willing to put up with them for the sake of the benefits. This of course
is guided by the breakage/benefits ratio.
Andrei
What about just shipping a fully automated fix-up tool when trivial but
major breaking changes happen?
That's nice because in a good way it puts the onus on the breakers. For
it to be useful, the tool would have to be rock solid and work in 100%
cases.
Andrei
