D1 to be discontinued on December 31, 2012

[torhu]

On 13.12.2011 08:35, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 12/12/2011 10:26 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>  On Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:57:02 +0000, Jesse Phillips wrote:
>>
>>>  I haven't used D1 for a long time so I can't claim a bad choice here.
>>
>>  Actually I think I can state an opinion here. The two things that stand
>>  out in my mind are.
>>
>>  * There has been a statement of supporting D1 while it is in use (or at
>>  least has a decent number of users). Maybe there aren't any, I don't see
>>  replies claiming such.
>
> There don't seem to be many anymore.

I've got one D1 spare time project that I'm still maintaining.  Zero D2 
projects, as I tried it and then decided to wait until it has had more 
time to mature.

I'm still using DMD 1.061, since there are very few remaining serious 
compiler bugs.  The compiler has gotten pretty good, so the incentive to 
upgrade is not very strong.  And I rarely need to ask questions about 
D1, since I've been using it for 5 years now.

I have a feeling new users mostly go for D2, only to discover that it's 
not ready for prime time.  Then they just leave, instead of checking out 
D1.  Of course, I'm just guessing.