On 7/15/2012 5:36 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Arguably, we've been adding too many new features (e.g. new lambda syntax and SIMD support), given that we're supposed to be making everything that we already have work properly, but those features haven't been breaking changes, and presumably forcing Walter to just fix bugs wouldn't be all that pleasant for him.
SIMD support is critical for D's mission as a systems programming language, and has been important in attracting some significant adoption of D.