"Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:jjelk7$7fm$1...@digitalmars.com... > On 3/9/2012 3:09 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> Keep in mind, too, that Linux has decades of legacy and millions of >> users. >> That's a *very* different situation from Phobos. Apples and oranges. > > Linux has had a habit of not breaking existing code from decades ago. I > think that is one reason why it has millions of users. > > Remember, every time you break existing code you reset your user base back > to zero. > > I'm *still* regularly annoyed by the writefln => writeln change in D1 to > D2, and I agreed to that change. Grrrr.
Are you kidding me? I'm *thrilled* with how much of an improvement writeln is *every time I use it*. Seriously how the hell did writeln ever hurst *anyone*? We're bitching about trivialities here.