Prime time???

[Sean Kelly]

Samuel MV wrote:
> 
> Well, my post it's about version 1.00 because I'm afraid that the developvent
> is in a never-ending cycle of new features and polishing, without a clear end.

I kind of feel that way too.

> I'm going to start a new project in my job (a web application). Probably,
> it'll be done in PHP, but I think that D (as language) it's well suited for
> this, except that it hasn't the libraries/classes (CGI, HTTP, HTML, database,
> ....) and now it's a 'moving target'.

I'm hoping that at some point the D feature list will freeze and the 
compiler will branch, so the existing version will enter maintenance 
mode and the new version will be used for new features.  It means more 
work for Walter but fewer headaches for us.  But I disagree that this is 
currently preventing library development.  The current feature list is 
pretty solid, and the new features (ie. variadric templates) are not 
"must haves" for library work.  Implicit template function instantiation 
was far more important IMO, and that has gotten to the point where it's 
fairly usable, assuming a few workarounds for overloading.


Sean