Standard Library Concerns (Phobos / Tango)

Sjoerd van Leent svanleent at gmail.com
Tue Feb 12 07:25:00 PST 2008


Walter Bright Wrote:

> What I see as the goal for Phobos/Tango is for there to be a compatible 
> core, so that users can mix/match what they need from either library.

To be frank, I don't see the problem in having two standard libraries. However, their purpose can be quite different.

The Phobos library to me appears to be minimalist and ideal for those who need a small runtime library, such as example drivers, embedded systems, thin clients, etc.

The Tango library on the other hand appears to be much more of a library for bigger applications, and provides a lot of practical functionality which todays applications need, such as webservers, database I/O, etc.

This is a logical outcome, because D although being a system language, can be used in places where VM'd languages are used at the moment but also can be used for those C applications we need to have the machine going in the first place.

Regards,
Sjoerd



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