Developing a plan for D2.0: Getting everything on the table

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 21:55:54 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu 
> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
> 
>> I think we'd need at a minimum:
> 
> what are your opinions on the I/O subsystem?  I think a lot of 
> performance/features could be gained by using D-based buffered I/O 
> instead of the C standard lib.  Tango is pretty much a testament to that...

Better speed is always nice, so it would be great to see some work in 
that direction. What are the specific shortcomings that make using stdio 
unrecommended?


Andrei