standardization of D

[Ameer Armaly]

"Anders F Björklund" <afb at algonet.se> wrote in message 
news:ev2ang$2i85$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Ameer Armaly wrote:
>
>> 2. We have two competing standard libraries; this is nowhere near good.
>
> Yeah, I find that it's kinda funny that we have gone from:
>
> int main(char[][] args)
> {
>     printf("hello world\n");
>     return 0;
> }
>
> in the original D introduction and samples to the current:
>
> version (Tango)
> import tango.io.Console;
> else // Phobos
> import std.stdio;
>
> void main()
> {
>     version (Tango)
>     Cout ("Hello, World!").newline;
>     else // Phobos
>     writefln("Hello, World!");
> }
>
> And then there are all these new "D++" additions in progress
> that I haven't quite understood yet. Like 4 languages in one :-)
>
It's just not healthy for adoption's sake; if some big company comes along, 
falls in love with the language itself, then takes a look at the library 
situation I doubt they would be impressed.
> --anders