OT: What's your favorite drink?

Chris Nicholson-Sauls ibisbasenji at gmail.com
Sun Apr 29 12:00:41 PDT 2007


Mike Parker wrote:
> Clay Smith wrote:
>> Gregor Richards wrote:
>>> D (and DMD) desperately needs to have stable and unstable branches. 
>>> The newest releases are always unstable.
>>>
>>> Basically, the idea behind branches is:
>>>  * You can keep "new" code separate from tried-and-true code until 
>>> it's ready.
>>>  * Nobody will start writing all their library code against the 
>>> unstable branch until it's made stable.
>>>  * Ahura Mazda only listens to prayers of those who have stable and 
>>> unstable branches.
>>>
>>> Since it would have branches, the unstable branch could add as many 
>>> features as it wants, but the most important ones are:
>>>  * LINKING AGAINST C++, JAVA AND .NET CODE. I cannot stress enough 
>>> that D will get nowhere unless it can link against all three.
>>>  * The unstable branch should use Tango. Phobos will be considered 
>>> the obsolete predecessor to Phobos only.
>>>  * The unstable branch can work on more general concepts, such as 
>>> increasing the dynamicism of D. I'd like to see prototype-based 
>>> objects or (optional) dynamic typing.
>>>
>>>  - Gregor Richards
>>
>> OT:
>>
>> What's your favorite drink?
>>
>> ;)
> 
> scotch and water -- tastes great, less headache

Bourbon and RC... god I'm such a Kentuckian...

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls



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