DIP11: Automatic downloading of libraries

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-06-18 22:02, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 06/18/2011 02:35 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> I'd probably consider something more like:
>>
>> orb.ver = "1.0.0";
>> orb.author = "Jacob Carlborg";
>> orb.type = Type.library;
>> orb.imports = ["a.d", "b.di"]; // an array of import files
>>
>> And yes, I think these would be better simply because they're in D.
>> The user
>> doesn't have to switch languages.
>
> Just to add an opinion - I think doing this work in D would foster
> creative uses of the language and be beneficial for improving the
> language itself and its standard library.
>
> Andrei

Fair point. But I'm using the tools I think are best fitted for the job. 
If I don't think D is good enough for the job I won't use it. If it it 
shows that D is good enough I can use D instead. Note that the whole 
tool is written in D, it's just that config/spec files that uses Ruby.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg