D2 port of Tango

[Caligo]

On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM, SiegeLord <none at none.com> wrote:

> I just wanted to get the word out about a little project me and a few other
> people been working on for the few past months, in case anyone feels like
> helping out (or just as an FYI). This project is the D2 port of the Tango
> framework library. You can read about it here:
>
> https://github.com/haskelSiegeLord/Tango-D2<https://github.com/SiegeLord/Tango-D2>
>
> We are currently a little more than half way done in terms of modules
> fiddled with. Currently there are 181 modules ported out of approximately
> 343 (give or take 20). Currently only the dmd compiler and Linux platform
> are supported... but obviously we want to get all the other
> platforms/compilers as time goes on. I'm guessing at the current rate of
> porting we'll be done in about half a year.
>
> Now, the project is actually two projects in one.
>
> The first project is a D2 port proper that tries to keep API semantics the
> same as the D1 original. I preside over this aspect, and you can see the
> rough porting guidelines in the repository. This is the 'd2port' branch in
> my repository.
>
> The second project is a more ambitious effort to rewrite some aspects of
> Tango without preserving semantics or anything. mtachrono presides over this
> aspect, so you can talk to him about the motivations behind it. This is the
> 'master' branch in my repository.
>
> That's all. Cheers.
>
> -SiegeLord
>

Why?  What's the point?  Why not work on Phobos instead?
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