Isn't it time

[Lars T. Kyllingstad]

Steve Teale wrote:
> That this newsgroup was renamed digitalmars.d2. Probably > 80% of the discussion here is on topics relating to the evolution of the language. Don't get me wrong, as soon as D2 is stable, I'll be the first to switch.
> 
> But where does the current discussion leave those of us who want to use D  and talk about the usage of what is the current mainstream core of the language - 1.055 - if I understand the situation correctly? That should be digitalmars.D.
> 
> If there was discussion about how good it was that the various flavors of the language were getting in sync, and on idiom, and on cool D programming techniques, and on explanation, I'm sure the newsgroup would pull more people in.
> 
> As it is, the uncommitted with some interest in D visit occasionally, and leave with the same old, same old feeling.
> 
> Let's try to turn D into a really active living language, not some vague future possibility. Perception is everything!

Well, seeing as D2 is supposed to be finished in only a couple of 
months, we should in my opinion stop referring to it as D2, and just 
call it D.  If there is need for separate newsgroups, they should be 
called digitalmars.d1 and digitalmars.d, not digitalmars.d and 
digitalmars.d2.

After all, when we speak of Java, we don't usually mean Java 1.1.

There is, however, definitely a need to rename the newsgroups.  This 
newsgroup should be called d.dev or something, and d.learn should 
replace this one.  This would most likely lead to more traffic and more 
interesting discussions on the "learn" forum, with the added benefit of 
not scaring away newbies with the sometimes rather heated debates going 
on here.

-Lars