What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Dimitar Kolev
Hello my questio is: What makes D, D? For example: There are more than one compiler for D, so what makes that interpretation of D, D? Didn't the implementers of that compiler change and add additional features to the language? Maybe I am missing the point, so please elaborate in either

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Sean Kelly
== Quote from Dimitar Kolev (dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > Hello my questio is: > What makes D, D? > For example: > There are more than one compiler for D, so what makes that interpretation of > D, D? > Didn't the implementers of that compiler change

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread BCS
Hello Dimitar, Hello my questio is: What makes D, D? For example: There are more than one compiler for D, so what makes that interpretation of D, D? Didn't the implementers of that compiler change and add additional features to the language? Maybe I am missing the point, so p

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread clayasaurus
BCS wrote: Hello Dimitar, Hello my questio is: What makes D, D? For example: There are more than one compiler for D, so what makes that interpretation of D, D? Didn't the implementers of that compiler change and add additional features to the language? Maybe I am missing the poin

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread BCS
Reply to clayasaurus, BCS wrote: Hello Dimitar, Hello my questio is: What makes D, D? For example: There are more than one compiler for D, so what makes that interpretation of D, D? Didn't the implementers of that compiler change and add additional features to the language? Maybe

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Saaa
> That is a question for a philosopher, right up there with what makes you, > you? IIRC the body replaces 100% of it's matter several times of your > life. Some parts more often than others. No, some parts stay with you for the rest of your life (e.g. nuclear pore scaffold in brain cells) What c

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:15:48 -0400, clayasaurus wrote: Posting from the future? :)

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Michiel Helvensteijn
Sean Kelly wrote: > Compiler writers are free to add features so long as they're compatible > with > the base language--just look at Microsoft's C++ compiler. What makes a D > compiler a D compiler is that it conforms to the D language spec. That's not exactly true, now is it? There is no D spec

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Ary Borenszweig
Michiel Helvensteijn wrote: Sean Kelly wrote: Compiler writers are free to add features so long as they're compatible with the base language--just look at Microsoft's C++ compiler. What makes a D compiler a D compiler is that it conforms to the D language spec. That's not exactly true, now i

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Dimitar Kolev
Ary Borenszweig Wrote: > Michiel Helvensteijn wrote: > > Sean Kelly wrote: > > > >> Compiler writers are free to add features so long as they're compatible > >> with > >> the base language--just look at Microsoft's C++ compiler. What makes a D > >> compiler a D compiler is that it conforms to th

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Michiel Helvensteijn
Dimitar Kolev wrote: > Now why would someone want to make their own compiler instead of helping > develop this one is something I do not really understand. There may be several reasons. Most important is that Walter owns the original compiler, and only he can decide what goes in and what goes out

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Dimitar Kolev
Michiel Helvensteijn Wrote: > Dimitar Kolev wrote: > > > Now why would someone want to make their own compiler instead of helping > > develop this one is something I do not really understand. > > There may be several reasons. Most important is that Walter owns the > original compiler, and only h

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Saaa
> I suppose the answer would be the same, too: The Soul. Lol

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Sean Kelly
== Quote from Dimitar Kolev ( dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > > Also what is the deal with Tango, why make another library instead of > extending the existing one? It was kind of an accident. The runtime portion of Tango was previously a project hoping to be rolled into the officia

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread clayasaurus
Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:15:48 -0400, clayasaurus wrote: Posting from the future? :) Looks like my click was set a day ahead :o Wonder if its fine now, otherwise blame thunderbird.

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Dimitar Kolev
Sean Kelly Wrote: > == Quote from Dimitar Kolev ( dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > > > > Also what is the deal with Tango, why make another library instead of > > extending the existing one? > > It was kind of an accident. The runtime portion of Tango was previously a > project hop

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-24 Thread Sean Kelly
== Quote from Dimitar Kolev (dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > Sean Kelly Wrote: > > == Quote from Dimitar Kolev ( dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > > > > > > Also what is the deal with Tango, why make another library instead of > > > extending the existing one? > > > > It wa

Re: What makes D, D?

2009-07-25 Thread Dimitar Kolev
Sean Kelly Wrote: > == Quote from Dimitar Kolev (dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > > Sean Kelly Wrote: > > > == Quote from Dimitar Kolev ( dimitarrosenovko...@hotmail.com)'s article > > > > > > > > Also what is the deal with Tango, why make another library instead of > > > > extending