GCC 4.6

[Walter Bright]

Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> On a more serious note though, just focusing on what something's good at 
> amounts to wearing blinders and is exactly what turned Java into a 
> puritanical piece of shit: "Java's good at objects, so let's pretend nothing 
> else exists." And it's what made Haskell into something that practically no 
> one uses for real-world work: "Haskell's really good at functional. So let's 
> pretend nothing else exists." Of course, what makes D so great is that we 
> all know perfectly well it tries to do a variety of things well, which is 
> actually in contrast to what you're saying here.
> 
> I can certainly understand the impossibility of actually keeping up with 
> bearophile, but I don't think that even he expects that every idea he brings 
> up be rushed into D.

Balance is, of course, essential. So is prioritizing what is important and what 
is not.