Criteria for 1.0 (was: Re: If D becomes a failure, what's the key reason, do you think?)

[Sean Kelly]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> 
> Shouldn't it be "language runtime" or "D runtime"? The runtime is *made* 
> by the compiler, but it is the runtime *of* D, not the runtime of the 
> compiler.

Probably.  I just use the term "compiler runtime" to indicate which 
portion of the code it represents, as Ares splits it out into three 
segments: the portion of the runtime that is compiler-specific, the 
garbage collector, and any user-visible code that is required to 
complete the package (which involves some thread code for use by the GC, 
at the very least).  I would consider the combination of these three 
components to be the "language runtime," as they are all required for a 
D program to run.


Sean