dmd 1.042 and 2.027 releases

[Charles Hixson]

bearophile wrote:
> davidl:
>> why not make opDot some compile time stuff?
> 
> You mean run time.
> 
>> this can be particular useful for COM
> 
> And GUIs, I guess. It smells of Object-C++, but the syntax is nicer.
> But such runtime code must be not included into the executable if this feature is nowhere used in the code. D executable are already quite big enough.
> 
> Bye,
> bearophile
Syntax and lack of garbage collection is why I never seriously 
considered Object-C++.

Seriously... It's important to be able to write code that can be 
optimized at compile time...and it's also important to be able to write 
code that can be dynamic at run-time.  D has been lacking in the second 
set of capabilities, though it's been dynamite at the first.

... After saying this I started thinking a bit more.  D is more dynamic 
that we normally give it credit for, but the syntax for dynamic 
interaction is painful, so it tends not to be used.