A history lesson for D

[William Martin]

Justin Johansson Wrote:

> Algol-68 came out in, well, 1968.  Apparently the language was 
> considered 'finished' with the release of the Revision of Algol-68
> in 1974.  By this time it was too late for the language to gain any
> real traction.
> 
> A number of contemporary topics on this newsgroup should be tempered 
> with a sobering reminder of the fate that awaits a new PL with the 
> introduction of new language features/constructs for D2 especially at 
> this eleventh hour.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Justin Johansson
> 

In the words of Sir Bob Geldof - just give us the forking compiler...