Reddit: SafeD - The Safe Subset of D

[Sean Kelly]

== Quote from Bill Baxter (dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com)'s article
> Walter Bright wrote:
> > Bill Baxter wrote:
> >> Is this something that actually exists?  Or just an idea being thrown
> >> around? Or just a marketing slogan for using D without pointers?
> >
> > It's an idea for defining a language subset that is enforceable by the
> > compiler.
> Hmm.  This sounds like a big can of worms to me.  I'd rather have bug
> fixes or further progress on the WalterAndrei.pdf agenda than a compiler
> switch that forces me to use a restricted subset of D.  I guess I'm just
> not "enterprise" enough.   :-)

While you're at it, you may as well ask for all the features in the 1.0 spec
to actually be implemented.  Why aim low?


Sean