is it possible to learn D(2)?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 12/19/10 9:19 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> On 12/19/2010 01:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>
>> I don't think it's worth investigating this, but at any rate my
>> thinking has been that finalizing TDPL would finalize the
>> specification of D2. Of course, ideally the compiler would follow
>> the specification as closely as possible, but with the number of
>> extant issues it has always been pretty clear that conformance will
>> be trailing.
>
> Always? It became clear at some point, but did you really not expect all
> the features to be fully implemented when you started the book?
>
> How about this statement from you:
>
> May 15, 2009: Re: Please Vote: Exercises in TDPL?
>
> "One nice thing is I've written (in D!) a little script that extracts
> the code from all of my examples, compiles it, and runs it comparing the
> output with the expected output. The book will definitely have a number
> of faults, but code that doesn't work will not be one of them. [..]
> There's still stuff that doesn't compile (Walter is working on that)"

Yes, how about it? Is this a murder investigation? I have a hard time 
figuring out what is the ultimate purpose of spelunking my past 
statements to look for inconsistencies.

Andrei