Standardization of D

Sean Kelly sean at f4.ca
Sun Feb 3 09:29:57 PST 2008


JMNorris wrote:
> "Bruce Adams" <tortoise_74 at yeah.who.co.uk> wrote in
> news:op.t5u0eef7xikks4 at starquake.cybernetics: 
> 
>> Design by comittee is reknowned for its speed even when there is
>> concensus. Look at how long it took to get ISO C++ and they daren't
>> put a definite  year
>> to C++0x. It was probably a little optimistic putting a 0 there.
> 
> Maybe they're hoping to finish in time to have a C++0x10?  If so, they may 
> not make it. :-)

I think they're still working on a pre-2010 timeframe, but they had to
cut a bunch of stuff to make it.  I believe the standardization process
they work with requires about a year of voting and such to finalize
things, so they've actually got to be done fairly soon.


Sean



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