What is the meaning of @future ?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On 9/18/21 4:02 AM, Dylan Graham wrote:
> On Friday, 17 September 2021 at 14:37:29 UTC, Meta wrote:
>> On Friday, 17 September 2021 at 10:31:34 UTC, bauss wrote:
>>> On Thursday, 16 September 2021 at 20:53:34 UTC, Elmar wrote:
>>>> [...]
>>>
>>> It's just another "useless" attribute that the language has added 
>>> before fixing any of the real problems :)
>>>
>>> Basically it reserves a symbol for the future.
>>>
>>> It's similar to creating ex. an empty function that throws an error 
>>> or something like "Not implemented"
>>>
>>> While I understand why it was added and what purpose it serves then I 
>>> fail to see why that  was prioritized over actual issues.
>>>
>>> It's solving an almost non-existing issue.
>>
>> I think the main reason it was added is because Sociomantic asked for 
>> it, but they are of course not around anymore.
> 
> Off topic: what happened to them, out of curiosity?

Google changed the rules for add buys. Which either killed their 
business model, or made them far less competitive than they were originally.

-Steve