Any chance to call Tango as Extended Standard Library

[John Reimer]

Hello Walter,

> Jason House wrote:
> 
>> Care to share your top 5 priorities?
>> 
> Support for threading is the biggest.
> 
>> IIRC, when the user community
>> was polled for their top 5, fixing the Tango/Phobos thing was on top
>> of most lists. Druntime is a great step in that direction, but it's
>> not enough. Without other communication on the topic from either
>> side, it appears that the merger effort has fizzled and died. Can you
>> (or whoever is qualified to answer) shed light on what's going on
>> there?
> Druntime is there, and it's up to the Tango team now.
> 



Well, it's probably best to be a little more specific here.  I'm assuming 
you mean to say that it's up to Tango to port to D2.0 and then integrate 
the druntime.  This is true if we are merely talking about the common base. 
 That step is not likely to happen until D2.0 is finalized (in the sense 
that there will be no support for the Tango 2 port until D2.0 is stable).  


In this regard, there's nothing to be done right now until that happens because 
it's not yet clear what Tango's plans are for D 2.0.  But it appears that 
a port will happen (it's already partially done).  And if it is completed, 
 the Phobos 2 and Tango 2 /might/ be revisited at a higher level (now with 
a common druntime making things easier).  As Andrei will be releasing a book 
in 2009, Phobos 2 will be the only library immediately visible to the public 
for the D 2.0 language.  If Tango V2 popularity surges again... well, we 
just might have the same problem.  I guess it's just a little "iffy", and 
it's good to be aware of this.  I think it's good to keep brainstorming on 
it in case there is some sort of solution lurking in the dark recesses of 
this community or elsewhere.


-JJR