DMD 1.022 and 2.005 releases

[Kris]

"Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
news:fe8koo$1906$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> For what it's worth, Tango will never choose to run exclusively on the 
>> Phobos runtime.  One of the primary reasons many people choose Tango is 
>> for its threading package, and this is a runtime feature.  Therefore, 
>> dropping this package to use the Phobos version would be foolish, and I 
>> suspect that it would leave a number of Tango users (some developing 
>> professional software) in a bit of a lurch.
>
> The threading package in Phobos is not very good, as it is based on my 
> very poor understanding of the problem. Drop kicking std.thread is 
> certainly open for discussion for v2. I wouldn't shed a tear for it <g>.
>
> Another thing that needs design work is the shared library issue on Linux. 
> The compiler supports the -fPIC switch, so theoretically, the compiler is 
> there. But the library ain't.

Shared-lib is a thorn on Win32 also, which I understand you have a 
particular soft-spot for <g>