reddit discussion on replacing Python in 0install

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 14 June 2013 at 20:31:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/14/2013 1:02 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
>> I think in the end, we are optimizing here in the wrong place.
>>  If a specific
>> hardware/software combination requires specific buffering, the 
>> place to handle
>> it is in the runtime, not code on top of it.  If the C runtime 
>> that D uses isn't
>> up to snuff, let's use a different scheme, or abandon it all 
>> together *for that
>> specific device*.
>
> There's simply no reason to do that. There has been a fix 
> proposed that not only solves the problem correctly (your 
> solution is incomplete), it does not require any improvements 
> to the underlying C runtime.

I don't think any of the proposed fixes is a good idea. With he 
one you are pushing for, the program can fail behind the feet of 
the programmer, which is not better.