The path to unity

[Don]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> BCS wrote:
>> Reply to bearophile,
>>
>>> Chris Nicholson-Sauls:
>>>
>>>> My only concern is druntime turning into a "third stdlib."  Have to
>>>> draw a line somewhere.
>>>>
>>> The bigger core becomes, the less stuff (and code) is done in two ways
>>> in Tango and Phobos, so I think it's good to have a larger and larger
>>> "core". This third stdlib is the common shared one, after all :-)
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>>
>> The only things that should go in are the things that both sides can 
>> agree on how to do.
>>
>>
> 
> That makes it looks like a structure built on political, not technical, 
> foundations. Without having thought much about it, I can say it doesn't 
> quite sound right.
> 
> Andrei
The reason we have two standard libraries is almost entirely political.