Whither Tango?

[Justin Johansson]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "dave eveloper" <tango at land.net> wrote in message 
> news:hlm402$1mr0$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> Ezneh Wrote:
>>
>>> So, it is not better to find a compromise between these libraries ?
>>> Why they have to be "two" libraries rather than one which was designed by 
>>> larsivi, Walter Bright and Andrei Alexandrescu ?
>> I haven't seen larsivi around lately. Is it possible that there's a 
>> communication problem? Perhaps a personality mismatch?
>>
>> Because of silly symbol names like 'retro' I think there's more reason for 
>> someone to not like Phobos. Bearophile also always reminds us that a 
>> proper closure inlining support would make collection algorithms as fast 
>> as the ugly string template hack Phobos. That way you wouldn't have hard 
>> coded parameter symbols like a and b.
>>
> 
> Dictionary.com Unabridged, Based on the Random House Dictionary:
> 
> retro-
> 
> a prefix occurring in loanwords from Latin meaning “backward” (retrogress); 
> on this model, used in the formation of compound words (retrorocket).
> 
> So can we stop this "retro is a bad name" nonsense now?

Sure, just include a copy of, or link to, an English dictionary
alongside D documentation, together with appropriate annotations.
That's tantamount to what you are saying.  imho, use of "silly"
words like this in the language are a retrograde step.

Cheers

Justin Johansson