Is DMD 0.166 RC 1.0?

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Walter Bright wrote:

> An interesting question is: why are they using Java, and why strictly?

The answer is not as interesting - it was chosen when the company got 
started for reasons of easier portability between platforms and ease of 
learning (it started with some physics-related stuff, so at the time it 
was decided it's better to hire physicists and teach them to code rather 
than vice-versa).

Currently, porting the existing codebase is not really an option (the 
customers are satisfied enough with the Java version), while for new 
projects the management consistently decides it's better to go with a 
language/platform everybody here knows already, to minimize risk and 
maximize productivity (that Java is strictly used is more of an 
observation than a policy).

BTW, I still think you should add those array features, even though you 
decided to snip most of my post :P


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