Isn't it time

[Masahiro Nakagawa]

On Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:54:11 +0900, retard <re at tard.com.invalid> wrote:

> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:26:12 +0100, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> Hmm http://www.scala-lang.org/node/199
>
> D <-> scala
> D.announce <-> scala.announce
> D.learn <-> scala.users
> D.{dtl,dwt,ide,debugger} <-> scala.tools
> nothing <-> scala.debate
> nothing <-> scala.internals

internals here.
http://lists.puremagic.com/mailman/listinfo/dmd-internals

> I don't think D requires a D.academic for papers since probably no
> postgraduate level paper has ever been written about D. A group for
> discussing compiler/language internals and debate would be useful though.