torhu wrote:
On 03.12.2009 1:13, Jesse Phillips wrote:
This has come up as one issue for adoption to D. D2.x is on its way,
unstable, and D1.x is getting the ax. While Walter has said that the
compiler will continue to get support, no one in the community knows
what the library support will be like. I came across an article where
even Python wasn't chosen for a project because of the eminent release
of Python 3. He also dismisses Ruby and Clojure for other complaints
people have expressed about D.
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http://postabon.posterous.com/why-i-chose-common-lisp-over-python-ruby-and
Looks like that guy has a thing for Lisp, so he came up with a bunch of
excuses why he shouldn't use anything else.
The thing with D 1 is that it hasn't really taken off. So it's not
unreasonable to sacrifice D 1 comaptibility if it can help make D 2
better, obviously in the hope that D 2 will take off. Note how the
title of Andrei's book is NOT "The D 2.0 Programming Language."
D1 was a bit of a line in the sand, anyway. There was absolutely no
effort put into making D1 stable before beginning D2. It's more of a
stable snapshot.