Long-term evolution of D

[Jari-Matti Mäkelä]

Sean Kelly wrote:
> Brian Hay wrote:
>>
>> The specification of the D Programming Language is largely a
>> one-person effort, albeit with much community input, and I think at
>> the present time it benefits from this model, given Walter's extensive
>> language knowledge and compiler implementation experience. But what
>> happens when D does become the success we all know it can be? Is
>> standardization (ISO, ECMA etc) an option?
> 
> I've begun to think that the standardization process may simply not be a
> good fit for software, simply because of how slow it is.  While it's a
> welcome assurance that a language isn't going to change out from under
> you, the alternative seems to be that it is unable to keep up with
> changing requirements.  That said, I would be pleased to eventually see
> D accepted as some sort of open standard, but perhaps not with the 5-10
> year cycle apparently required by the ISO process.
> 
The only good thing in a standard would be that corporations like M$
could not so easily "embrace and extend" (=rape) the reference specs. It
took a while even for C++ before it was ready for standardization. I
don't think we're in a hurry here.