Is DMD 0.166 RC 1.0?

xs0 xs0 at xs0.com
Mon Sep 4 01:39:46 PDT 2006


Walter Bright wrote:
> Bruno Medeiros wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Any compelling reason why not? I know that everyone (including me) 
>>> wants more features, more improvements, etc., but nothing about 
>>> calling it 1.0 will prevent that from happening.
>>
>> Something I've been wondering: "but nothing about calling it 1.0 will 
>> prevent that from happening." But then what is the point of calling a 
>> 1.0 , will there be a branch or some other effect? Or it's just 
>> marketing?
> 
> It's simply a stake in the ground. I want to get past the "it's not 
> usable because it's not 1.0" first impressions people sometimes write.

This is almost OT, but for several Java coders I know, not being able to 
type

new int[3][4][5]

and

new int[][] {
    { bibi(), bubu() },
    { a+b, c+d }
}

made a _far_ worse first impression than the version number (as in, 
quote, "you're kidding, right?"). And it seems so simple to implement.. 
If you ask me, you really need to add those before going 1.0 (it's bad 
enough for Javans that Interface[] is not Object[] ;)


xs0



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