Any idea when the 1.0 spec will be out?

[Don Clugston]

Boris Wang wrote:
> In addition, reference return type, variable template parameter, etc.
> 
> The D is far from the 1.0 mile stone.
> 
> It's good time for us to have a rest, may be one years, two years...,  :(

The problem is, you cannot develop a stable 1.0 library until you have a 
  stable 1.0 language. (Important example: template container classes 
can't be standardised until we know how good the implicit function 
template instantiation will be by 1.0).
Secondly, features such as array literals, variable template parameters, 
etc, have been stated to be a post-1.0 feature.


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> "Stewart Gordon" <smjg_1998 at yahoo.com> 
> ??????:e7h24l$5p6$1 at digitaldaemon.com...
>> sailormoontw wrote:
>>> Hello:
>>>
>>> I have read the Sinbad forum, which it's a Ogre3D in D. The author thinks 
>>> with no 1.0 spec, it discourages them from making such a project. Ogre3D 
>>> is nice and currently is one of good free DirectX wrappers. If Ogre3D can 
>>> have the D version. I think it's a nice thing to the D community.
>> If you want to write a D version of Ogre3D, then I for one am not going
>> to stop you.
>>
>>> And...I am just curious, after 5 years, when will the 1.0 of D be out??
>> I think we should cross this bridge when we get to it.
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/35929.html
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>>> Squirrel is a 2 years old language, and it already hits 2.1. And we 
>>> remember Perl, Perl has their spec fixed fast in earlier version while 
>>> Perl 6 is a bit slow.
>> It's not just age.
>>
>> - How complex is the product?
>> - How many people have control over the specification?
>> - How many people have control over the reference implementation?
>> - How many hours a week are these people working on it?
>> - Does the version numbering system make sense when compared with ours?
>>
>>> I am not sure what is left in the version 1.0, but like an ordinary 
>>> project it should have some timeline, or something left to do.
>> <snip>
>>
>> Lots of things left to do if you haven't noticed.
>>
>> Stewart.
>>
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