DMD 1.006 release

[Justin C Calvarese]

Don Clugston wrote:
> Brad Anderson wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> I predict that it won't be long before other compiled languages will
>>> seem antiquated if they don't have such capability.
>>
>> Mmmm, the smell of world domination in the morning.
> 
> How times have changed. When I started paying attention to D (Aug 2005), 
> the website and spec had a defensive feel ("not as powerful as C++, but 
> much  simpler"). And there was a link to the very first D announcement, 
> which had a list of "Features to drop from C++", which included 
> "templates".

Yes, it is pretty amazing how powerful D was at 1.0 compared to Walter's 
earlier ideas.

 From 2001/08/14:
"I know that templates likely will be a big issue. I intend to address 
it in version 2 of the language. The way C++ does it is simply too 
complicated for me, I am trying to find a simpler way, so much more 
thought needs to be expended there."
(http://www.digitalmars.com/pnews/read.php?server=news.digitalmars.com&group=D&artnum=15)

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jcc7