Start of dmd 2.064 beta program

bearophile bearophileHUGS at lycos.com
Thu Oct 31 07:20:52 PDT 2013


eles:

> Speaking about that, why DMD's source files are written in C++ 
> but bear extension .c?
>
> You seem to appreciate for yourselves a freedom that he denies 
> to others.

Thank you for bringing that good example. Forbidding arbitrary 
extensions for D code, and enforcing a common standard name helps 
avoid mistakes like those ".c" extensions in the C++ sources, 
that numerous persons keep criticizing. The advantages of a 
standard suffix for D code are way larger than the disadvantages.

Bye,
bearophile


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