Finalizing D2

[Christopher Wright]

Brad Roberts wrote:
> Don wrote:
>> bearophile wrote:
>>> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>>> there's been a sharp increase in bug reports and patches recently.
>>>> Walter and I are still scratching our head over that (it's not like
>>>> dmd got much crappier overnight). I can only infer that more people
>>>> have started using more of D.
>>> I think it's mostly a complex consequence of showing DMD source code.
>>> I have "predicted" this outcome in one post more than one year ago.
>> Yes. It's the simple fact that you can compile DMD out-of-the-box. In
>> fact, everyone who has downloaded DMD is "forced" to have a working copy
>> of the source code!
>> It's interesting to compare this with GDC, which, with the GNU license,
>> is a purer form of "free software". Yet, it's amazingly difficult to get
>> it to compile (I tried once, and failed).
>> It's not just about having source code "available".
> 
> I don't believe that to be the case.  That would explain why more _fixes_ are
> being provided (primarily thanks to your contributions), but not why there's
> been an increase in bug _filing_.

Walter would say that the number of bug reports for a compiler is an 
indication of its popularity.