Let Go, Standard Library From Community

[Stephen Waits]

freeagle wrote:
> And majority of people will tell you that only 
> one instance of FreeBSD is a better thing than hundreds of instances of 
> linux

Me included.  But that's OT.

The things about a "standard library".. first of all, it's "standard", 
second, it's singular.

I want to (eventually) use D on the PS3.  If you've got some giant 
standard library, then porting it to new platforms becomes burdensome. 
Welcome to smelly town.

In my job, we don't need tons of library support.  Basic math, basic 
containers, basic algorithms.  As a matter of fact, we (and about a 
billion other people) have been using C and C++ and the associated 
(relatively small other than that iostreams crap) stdlibs for a long 
time now.  Crypto in the standard library?  NFW!

KISS guys, KISS..  why not retarget Tango as an addition to Phobos? 
Something more kitchen-sink'ish?  (ala Python)

Community or not, it's Walter's language.  Luckily for us, Walter is 
really freakin' smart about this kind of stuff, and he'll decide, and 
we'll all thank him for it.

--Steve