Should we remove int[$] before 2.067?

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On Monday, 2 February 2015 at 05:44:46 UTC, ketmar wrote:
> i agree with you, but it's really too late to redesign. :-(
> it's not about "code breaking", people just will not join D3 (or
> something) developement at this stage.

I don't agree. D does not have a significant set of libraries 
that developers depend on and also not a large installed base.

What prevents Python3 adoption is the massive amount of Python2 
libraries and a perception that you loose more than you gain from 
switching. But people are switching to Python3... and to C++14... 
and to Swift... and to Go... When the installed base moves, 
projects move. Large installed base -> slow moving. No installed 
base -> free to move.

> especially if Walter and Andrei will not join (and i doubt they 
> will).

I think you overestimate the importance of that. It does not 
matter who uses D today. The crux is to appeal to those who do 
not use it, but hacking on it does not fix it for those who have 
left.

Based on what people write in the forums it looks like D now 
appeals more to newbies coming from scripting languages and VM 
languages than those coming from low level C/C++. That might turn 
out to be a very risky market where people switch easily...