More incremental process for adding new features in D

[Sebastiaan Koppe]

On Thursday, 3 September 2020 at 15:51:52 UTC, Avrina wrote:
> On Thursday, 3 September 2020 at 09:50:02 UTC, Sebastiaan Koppe 
> wrote:
>> I sure hope he hasn't. It looks like he is very close to 
>> finishing it and giving up now would be a terrible waste.
>
> Sunken cost fallacy. The complexity newCTFE would add to the 
> compiler isn't worth the little benefit it would add. Yes it'd 
> be a waste, but that shouldn't be the reason it gets 
> incorporated, just so that it wouldn't be a waste.

I was talking about seeing something through till the end and 
finishing what you started. Sure, if endeavours turn out to be 
losers, drop them quickly, I just don't think that is the case 
here.