stability

[Walter Bright]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> I refuse to believe that Walter could not create a better D compiler if it
> was known what a D compiler was supposed to do. 

This is so true. Back in college, I attended a lecture about the 
research process. A researcher would tend to erratically go all over the 
place trying to find an answer. Once he found it, he'd write up a paper 
explaining his process, skipping all the dead ends, reversals, and 
mistakes to make it appear as a straightforward, logical progression 
from problem to solution.

I don't think it is possible to design a useful, non-trivial language 
without evolutionary feedback.