[OT?] Tango

[Alexander Panek]

Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> Hi, I don't want to be rude, *really*, but why don't you release Tango? 
> I don't care if it's not done yet, you can also make an alpha release 
> and accept no patches/opinions of improvements.
> 
> I'm starting to find very annoying to read "when Tango is released", 
> "Tango has this", etc. Show me the code! =)
> 
> I really think you are underestimating the D community if you think you 
> could not get any good criticism/suggestions/patches before Tango it's 
> all done.
> 
> I don't really get all the secrecy on Tango, I find it 
> counterproductive, and please believe me, this is not trolling. I 
> really, *really* think you are doing more harm than good to Tango 
> keeping it secret.
> 

We had a rather rough discussion about this in #d.tango on Freenode 
yesterday. In fact, the first public (alpha) release is not far away, 
but there still has to be some work done. I understand the voices that 
call for a release, but there's a reason for this. D has experienced 
downsides because of not being "complete", not having a "decent" library 
for this and that, having a poor documentation and what not else. Of 
course, D was in development, but some just ignored that. This is one of 
the reasons why Tango is not released yet: the first impression /still/ 
is very important, especially for a project like Tango.

If you want further information, or just talk/discuss about Tango, feel 
free to join #d.tango on Freenode. I'll be waiting for you. ;)

Best regards,
Alex