Tangobos positioning

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Bill Baxter wrote:

> Gregor Richards wrote:
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> Kris wrote:
>>>> "Bill Baxter" <dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:fniheh$1a0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>>> It's great that the Tango team is bundling Tangobos with Tango these
>>>>> days. But the Tangobos page on dsource[1] still basically says it's
>>>>> a band-aid only intended to help ease the transition from Phobos to
>>>>> Tango. It takes the tone that Phobos is crap and you're going to
>>>>> "change sides" once you get your superior library working.
>>>>
>>>> Then perhaps you could help to resolve that? There's always room for
>>>> another willing pair of hands, and the doc is in a Wiki so that
>>>> anyone and everyone can easily participate ;)
>>>>
>>>>> Also, just a marketing thing, but I would suggest that the wording
>>>>> on the Tangobos site be changed from emphasizing "compatibility
>>>>> layer" to "a port of Phobos".  It mentions in passing that it is
>>>>> basically a port, but I would make that the primary description.
>>>>> The reason I think the "compatibility layer" description is bad is
>>>>> because "layer" implies slow and bug-prone.   Slow because it
>>>>> implies theres some extra layer of indirection there translating
>>>>> Phobos calls into Tango calls (which there isn't for 99% of it
>>>>> IIUC), and bug prone because trying to emulate API Y using API X
>>>>> usually reveals a number of "impedance mismatches" in practice.
>>>>> It's a port of Phobos.  Or you could say a copy of Phobos with minor
>>>>> adjustments to make the code work with Tango.  "compatibility layer"
>>>>> sounds bloated.
>>>>
>>>> Seems like a good approach. Would you mind fixing the Wiki page,
>>>> please? That would be a big help
>>>
>>> Sure, if it is ok for me to do so.  It's still basically Gregor's page
>>> though, isn't it?  You sure it's ok to rewrite it?
>>>
>>> --bb
>> 
>> I would be downright /thrilled/ if somebody took that page from me.
>> 
>>  - Gregor Richards
> 
> Ok. Right-o then.

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