We are forking D

[zjh]

On Wednesday, 10 January 2024 at 12:23:32 UTC, Martyn wrote:

> If I am correct then it shows where the community categorize D 
> back then compared to now. Rather than being a C++ killer.. I 
> think many view D more in competition with C# now... so things 
> like UDA would be more of a welcoming idea.
>
> It shows how things change in 10 years. What is "cool" today 
> might not be the case down the road. For me, I find UDAs to be 
> a welcoming feature of D.
>
> I think OpenD will be even closer to competing with C# than C++ 
> if it succeeds. Again - we shall see in a few years.


Having an `'openD'` branch is not necessarily a bad thing. The 
main thing is that there should be `communication` between the 
`'openD'` and the `'dmd'` main branch!

Some functions are available for both OpenD and DMD, so they 
should be able to provide feedback to `DMD` If dmd is 
appropriate, vice versus, you can also provide `feedback` to 
`openD`.

This way, `'openD'` mainly competes similarly to `'C#'`! And 
`'dmd'` focuses on competing with `'C++/rust'` and others!