A betterC modular standard library?

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On Sunday, 18 December 2016 at 18:02:58 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko 
wrote:
>
> Thank you for the answer (it is hard to understand me because 
> English and other reasons),
>
> Ilya

It was difficult to understand your vision until this post, now I 
think I grasp it.

Let me try to summarize what I've understood:

D as it stands, is not suitable for writing low level libraries 
as well as large scale software development because of compiler 
dependence of compiled code.

Examples:
If you have two software teams, and team A's software dependent 
on compiler X (e.g requires newer feature, requires 
bug/regression fix, etc) and team B's software depends on 
compiler Y to meet performance requirements, they get stuck.

Also you want to create a low level library than can be easily 
distributed and linked from other languages (e.g. GLAS) extern 
(C) is the only viable option, but that can still lock in the D 
compiler used if you depend on phobos/druntime.


So the proposal is to make binary compatibility possible in the 
near future by implementing "betterC" which provides a bare-bones 
language and removes the greatest sources of incompatibilities.

Once this is done a community can form around it and create 
completely modular libraries. These can be used by all D and 
non-D users alike without compatibility problems.


Since this is all predicated on "betterC", which isn't 
implemented. I think it is imperative to create a full 
specification.

I look forward to seeing where this initiative goes.

P.S.: I think Ilya writes "evaluates" where he means "evolves"