Tangobos positioning

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Bill Baxter wrote:

> 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)

Beyond std.signals and std.thread (which will be hard to fix), I don't know
of any. Actual users may be able to provide better answers.

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Lars Ivar Igesund
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