how to install?

[Chris Miller]

jcc7 Wrote:

> == Quote from Chris Miller (lordSaurontheGreat at gmail.com)'s article
> > jcc7 Wrote:
> > > == Quote from glen worstell (glen at worstell.com)'s article
> > > But using Tango may not be the best way for a newbie to start out
> > > with D. It might be easier to start out learning D by learning
> > > Phobos. YYMV.
> > I think you need to make a big distinction.  D is a programming
> > language.  Phobos and Tango are libraries.
> 
> Yes, but the compiler requires a runtime library to do anything useful. And I
> think it's worth noting that Phobos has been and continues to be the standard
> runtime library for D. I'm not saying that Tango isn't an alternative runtime
> library. It clearly is an option that a lot of people prefer. But the standard is
> Phobos. I'm just tired of hearing people complain about "too many standard
> libraries" when the problem is that people just don't like the standard runtime
> library. A clearly stated problem is a step toward a solution.
> 
> 
> > Standard system libraries like Phobos and Tango are almost part of
> > the language, but they're not.  I learned most everything I know
> > about D by reading the DMD 1.0 specification document(1).
> 
> Perhaps you wrote "Standard system libraries like Phobos and Tango" when you meant
> "Runtime system libraries like Phobos and Tango". Or maybe standard means
> something different to you than it does to me.

Yes, I mispoke.  It seems you knew what I was saying, and hopefully that made up for the inaccuracies and ambiguity in my English.