[Issue 2021] version(linux) is inconsistent

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https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2021

--- Comment #8 from Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> ---
Ah, this reminds me of the old days when I was working in D every day and
spending far too much time arguing about D issues.

I think this comment thread sums up pretty well my ambiguous relationship with
D.  So wonderful in so many ways, but it always felt like I had a fundamentally
different notion about what it meant for software to be beautiful than Walter
did.  I think what I want above all is simplicity, order, and logical,
consistent design.  To me that makes a language beautiful (with performance of
course).  What Walter seems to want above all is something that gets the job
done easily, without too much complexity.  It seems to be a much more pragmatic
take than mine.  To me a silly inconsistency like this sticks out like a big
scratch on a beautiful Ferrari.  Just take it to the shop and fix it already!  

__traits is another example.  For such a core feature, it deserves a non-ugly
name.  

And then there's "is" which has a nice clean name, but whose usage syntax is
totally wacky.  I have no idea what "is ( Type Identifier : TypeSpecialization
, TemplateParameterList )" means.  Example from the
http://dlang.org/expression.html:  
   "static if (is(Tup : TX!TL, alias TX, TL...))" 
it starts to look a little like Perl, really.

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