Tangobos positioning

[Bill Baxter]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> 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.
> 
> You're also added as a dev in case you would like to try your hand at
> remaining incompatibilities.

Is there a list of those anywhere? (remaining incompatibilities, I mean)

--bb