Start of dmd 2.064 beta program
eles
eles at eles.com
Tue Dec 10 00:25:26 PST 2013
On Thursday, 31 October 2013 at 14:20:54 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> eles:
>
>> Speaking about that, why DMD's source files are written in C++
>> but bear extension .c?
>>
>> You seem to appreciate for yourselves a freedom that he denies
>> to others.
>
> Thank you for bringing that good example. Forbidding arbitrary
> extensions for D code, and enforcing a common standard name
> helps avoid mistakes like those ".c" extensions in the C++
> sources, that numerous persons keep criticizing. The advantages
> of a standard suffix for D code are way larger than the
> disadvantages.
A computer doesn't mind if its programs are put to purposes that
don't
match their names. -- D. Knuth
Well, then God created humans...
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