D should disallow forward references

[BCS]

Hello language_fan,

> Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:15:28 -0700, Walter Bright thusly wrote:
> 
>> I think the rule is 10 lines of code.
>> 
> I doubt that. The expressivity between languages differs a lot and
> there's no standard definition for LOC count. For example some 1000
> LOC program written in ancient Basic might easily fit inside the limit
> of 10 LOC when written in a modern high level language. 

Keep in mind we are talking about lawyers; logic has nothing to do with it.

> Luckily I
> write proprietary closed source applications and obfuscate the code
> with a customized gcc backend so I don't need to care about copyright
> issues even when stealing copyrighted code.
> 

For shame, for shame.