Breaking D2 language/spec changes with D1 being discontinued in a month

[Paulo Pinto]

On Wednesday, 28 November 2012 at 02:29:12 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> SiegeLord:
>
>> I think that unless people responsible for these things get 
>> their act together and stabilize D2 against these issues, D1 
>> support should be extended until that happens.
>
> It will take some more years to see D2 "stabilized" like that. 
> The decision to discontinue D1 has some disadvantages, but 
> keeping D1 updated uses some work time that could be (better) 
> spent improving D2.
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

The problem we have with this situation is that language users 
will just run away to more stable languages.

Many people need upper management agreement for the set of 
languages they use, if suggesting D might cause them to risk 
their job, they won't do it.

--
Paulo