Another opportunity for a major design win has presented itself

[Rob T]

On Thursday, 7 February 2013 at 20:16:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> No, I can't say who it is at this time. Sorry. But it is a huge 
> opportunity for us.
>
> To get the design win, we need to:
>
> (a) get dynamic linking and loading to work
>
> (b) improve language safety without degrading efficiency
>
> (c) improve quality as always
>
> Of course, these things benefit pretty much all D users anyway. 
> Initially, (a) is the most important.

Consider that there are apparently problems when linking and 
loading D libs into C/C++ apps. I was told that the GC won't work 
correctly, but I'm no longer sure exactly why. If we can safely 
link+load shared D libs into C/C++ apps, it is not only useful to 
have right now, but it also opens up a safe migration path for 
C/C++ users to start using D with their existing C/C++ apps, and 
if it works well, they may start using D fully.

--rt