OT (partially): about promotion of integers

[Walter Bright]

On 12/11/2012 10:35 PM, Han wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in crafting D to be a language that people will like
>> and use.
>
> Does that statement, then, represent a change in direction for the D
> project? How long will this "crafting" take? Has this "crafting" been
> already going on now for a decade? More than a decade? I'm new here and
> would like to hear it "from the horse's mouth", so people, please let Walter
> answer first.

All languages in active use undergo continuous improvement by their developers. 
Ones that don't are called dead languages.