On 29/01/2012 16:24, Chad J wrote:
Hey guys,
I know this is a bit late given the deprecation of D1 and all, but why did we
name the D2
compiler dmd instead of dmd2?
I'm not sure. Was D2 originally planned to be backward compatible with D1?
It's rather annoyed me when trying to work with multiple D projects of mixed
kind in the
same environment. Using the same compiler name for two different programming
languages
seems like a Bad Idea.
If they are versions of one language (such that version 1 code generally works under
version 2 just the same), it can be annoying to have to type in a version number in order
to launch the compiler from the command line.
But I suppose D1 and D2 are now sufficiently incompatible with each other to be considered
different languages. So the compilers probably ought to have different names.
I have both D1 and D2 installed, and while working mainly with D1 I have been known to use
a batch file called dmd2 to run the compiler for that language on the odd occasions I want
it. Now that I'm migrating my projects to D2, I may well start doing the reverse....
Stewart.
