The forked elephant in the room

[Dibyendu Majumdar]

On Tuesday, 30 January 2024 at 00:57:31 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/29/2024 1:34 PM, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote:
>> On Sunday, 28 January 2024 at 17:04:02 UTC, Walter Bright 
>> wrote:
>>> On 1/28/2024 3:27 AM, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote:
>>>> I don't know if I am right but part of the motivation of 
>>>> import C seems to have been competition - Zig added the 
>>>> ability to compile C. It seems the idea of import C came up 
>>>> after and maybe as a consequence of this.
>>>
>>> I didn't know Zig did that until after I did ImportC.
>> 
>> When did you start on importC?
>> 
>> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/yocvibzernkchgsbcpyb@forum.dlang.org
>
> That post was Dec 3, 2020. The PR for ImportC was May 9, 2021, 
> about 5 months later. When did I start ImportC? I don't recall. 
> I don't recall reading that thread, either, I don't read all 
> the messages, and am generally not interested in detailed 
> comparisons of D with other languages (as it is an endless 
> timesink).
>
> ImportC grew out of my discussions with Atila about dpp.


It doesn't really matter I guess, but its interesting that the 
discussion I pointed to actually suggested importC and dpp was 
mentioned, so it seems either you or Atila saw that thread. Maybe 
a delayed subconscious reaction.

I certainly thought at the time that importC was a reaction to 
Zig doing it. I recall vaguely you started work on it after that 
thread.