DIP74 - where is at?

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 22:21:24 UTC, Ice Cream Desserter 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 22:20:02 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
> wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 13 October 2015 at 22:10:30 UTC, Ice Cream Madness 
>> wrote:
>>> The D language, does have a 'feature' creep problem.
>>
>> Maybe, but at this point, I think that C++ is actually getting 
>> features faster than D is. We talk about adding features or 
>> tweaking existing features to fix problems, but we're long 
>> past the point where we're frequently adding features. If 
>> anything, the typical complaint now is that we're _not_ making 
>> changes, even when we've been discussing them (e.g. this very 
>> thread was started to ask what the deal with a proposed change 
>> is, because it hasn't gone anywhere yet, and it's a change 
>> proposed by Walter and Andrei no less).
>>
>> - Jonathan M Davis
>
> C++ also has a 'feature' creep problem.

If I may the problem is not that much how feature rich the 
language is, but how orthogonal these feature are. The less 
orthogonal they are, the more special cases you get when they 
interact with each other.