DMD 1.036 and 2.020 releases

[Lionello Lunesu]

"Yigal Chripun" <yigal100 at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:gdjqd6$2mia$1 at digitalmars.com...
> You've posted in the NG your intention to re-implement several key
> modules in phobos including IO and algorithm, I'm hoping that instead of
> two separate IO systems (tango and phobos) you could use the Tango IO
> and implement your Range proposal on top of it. Others already suggested
> that on this NG.

There are good reasons for keeping the IO separate. Phobos is based on the C 
runtime, meaning you can interleave D IO with C IO and everything will 
behave nicely. Tango's IO layer is written from scratch, using OS calls. You 
shouldn't mix Tango IO with IO in a linked-in C library.

L.