On 01/12/2018 11:26 PM, Michael wrote:
Tango was the original, and Phobos was introduced for D2 as a
competing library.
Phobos is the original. In D1, Tango was an alternative standard
library. With D2, you have Phobos as the standard library and you can
use Tango on top of it. http://code.dl
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 22:24:16 UTC, Dukc wrote:
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 21:24:40 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
1. It has its own name. Phobos. This is unusual. I don't know
of any other language who's std lib has any name other than
"the {lang} standard library". Why does it have its
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 22:26:38 UTC, Michael wrote:
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 21:24:40 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
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I mean, you're correct to say it's an artifact of D being an
old language. Tango was the original, and Phobos was introduced
for D2 as a competing library. I don'
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 21:24:40 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
After having started learning some D lately, two things about
the standard library have struck me:
1. It has its own name. Phobos. This is unusual. I don't know
of any other language who's std lib has any name other than
"the {
I had similar feelings when starting out with D - "why don't they
say "standard library" instead of "Phobos"? I don't know that it
would change D's image, but I think it would be better for
newcomers if they only saw "standard library".
On Friday, 12 January 2018 at 21:24:40 UTC, John Gabriele wrote:
1. It has its own name. Phobos. This is unusual. I don't know
of any other language who's std lib has any name other than
"the {lang} standard library". Why does it have its own
distinct name, and why do I (as a user) need to kno
After having started learning some D lately, two things about the
standard library have struck me:
1. It has its own name. Phobos. This is unusual. I don't know of
any other language who's std lib has any name other than "the
{lang} standard library". Why does it have its own distinct name,
