TDPL a bad idea?

[Simen kjaeraas]

On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:27:39 +0100, Bane  
<branimir.milosavljevic at gmail.com> wrote:

> Lars T. Kyllingstad Wrote:
>
>> Bane wrote:
>> >> Why a killing of trees for a manual that changes daily and can be on  
>> the
>> >> internet? What is the point of TDPL? To make money? I don't see any  
>> value
>> >> in a set of pages that are a manual for a constantly changing and
>> >> unestablished computer programming language. Can't yaz save the  
>> trees and
>> >> offer it for sale on the web to anyone who wants to pay for it? It's  
>> easy
>> >> to setup a PayPal website (though I think D is far from that if  
>> ever). I
>> >> don't see this thing selling in bookstores. A hard copy of an already
>> >> obsolete specification? If it's just charitable contribution from  
>> long
>> >> time afficionados, why not just .org and ask for contributions and  
>> not
>> >> kill trees?
>> >>
>> >
>> > This might actually be a good point. I have a thought or 2 about it.  
>> A reason to save trees:
>> >  - TDPL is changing, true, and online format is much easier to  
>> update, navigate, search, and eco friendly. TDPL would be obsolete (for  
>> current version of language) before it is published.
>>
>> When TDPL is published D2 will be frozen.  That's the whole point.
>>
>> -Lars
>
> Aha! What about... D3 ? :)

Will probably come about eventually, but it is an expressed goal to have
a long period to stabilize and polish D2 first.

-- 
Simen