Historical moment: D2 is now D

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:14:41 -0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 6/10/11 4:06 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 16:11:34 -0400, Mike James <foo at bar.com> wrote:
>>
>>> "Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message
>>> news:istj83$1rsa$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>>> I think we all agree that it is appropriate to characterize D2 to
>>>> mean "The
>>>> D Programming Language".
>>>>
>>>> From here on, we have changed the website
>>>> http://d-programming-language.org to reflect that reality. D simply
>>>> refers
>>>> to what was formerly known as D2, and D1 stays D1.
>>>>
>>>> Also, today Walter will change the "D" links from digitalmars.com to
>>>> point
>>>> to http://d-programming-language.org, which is now the official site  
>>>> of
>>>> the D programming language. Expect (and please contribute) many
>>>> improvements of that site going forward.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> So D2 becomes D.
>>> And D1 becomes D--.
>>
>> D0
>>
>> Seriously though, I'm not sure why we have to do this... It's weird to
>> have D1 and D. To me, D1 > D, like in D, D1, D2, D3
>>
>> I hope this pattern doesn't continue for D3 (well, actually, would that
>> then be D2?)
>>
>> Why can't D2 be D version 2, and D1 be D version 1, where both languages
>> are the D programming language? It's how other languages do things (C#,
>> php, python, etc.).
>>
>> -Steve
>
> D is D.

Except when it's D1?

Why is a raven like a writing desk?

-Steve