D's tail

[Dukc]

On Wednesday, 11 August 2021 at 19:40:36 UTC, Brian Tiffin wrote:
> To be honest, I'm hoping to be able to assume that D source 
> will be as resilient to the ever changing surrounding 
> environments for as long as I'd assume C source to be. Source 
> code should age gracefully, not fearing each and every revision 
> of build tools or run-time support libraries.  Yes, you retest 
> after upgrades, but the assumption should be more life in a 
> newly renovated house, not assuming you have to count the 
> number of broken fingers that need attention before getting 
> back to work.  :-)

When you want as long tail as possible for your code, GDC is 
recommended. See 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/oixwnblhdxyehongfvss@forum.dlang.org