Two standard libraries?

[Sean Kelly]

Steve Teale wrote:
> 
> Sean,
> 
> I give in.  I know that your motivations are genuine.  I just don't want two see classes of D citizens.  In Europe we fought for centuries over this sort of thing.  Somehow we should get to astate of affairs where if you are writing a library you should not have to make a religious choice as to which standard library you subscribe to.  Please talk to Walter at the conference, and try and get this sorted.  I would love to attend, but I live on the other side of the world, and still need to go to work.

Releasing Tango was a calculated short-term risk.  We felt we had 
something to offer, but wanted it left up to the community to decide 
whether we were right.  Our belief was that by releasing fairly early in 
D's lifetime, any growing pains resulting from the presence of two such 
libraries would be sorted out fairly quickly.  I do think the conference 
is timed quite well in this respect, and am looking forward to meeting 
the man behind the compiler :-)


Sean