The Death of D. (Was Tango vs Phobos)

[Walter Bright]

Sean Kelly wrote:
>> What specifically I'd like from the Tango team is explicit permission 
>> for the Phobos team to go over the Tango code and be able to copy/use 
>> whatever portions of it are necessary to get the two libraries to have 
>> a compatible core, and to relicense those parts under the 
>> corresponding Phobos license.
> 
> I think this is arguably a reasonable first step, but working towards a 
> compatible core still means two separate cores, which means not being 
> able to use Tango and Phobos together in the same app.  So I'll admit to 
> not completely understanding the reasoning behind this approach, but 
> it's the only option so I'm happy to comply.  Frankly, I don't want to 
> be stuck maintaining the Tango runtime from now until doomsday anyway :-)

If the cores are compatible at the API level, then one should be able to 
mix and match Tango/Phobos user level modules.