Prime time???

[Tom S]

Tiberiu Gal wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Nov 2006 20:04:51 +0200, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>   But D is aiming to be a replacement for the languages that people 
>> use to write Really Big Programs (as well as small ones) that can do 
>> anything and everything. So I think that affects how people think 
>> about what constitutes 1.0.
>>
>> --bb
> 
> I don't see 1.0 as a feature complete compiler - I see it is a stable 
> compiler.
> Everything is changing and we're all full of bugs. I'm sure that many 
> look at a 1.0 label as stable!( not just my boss, but I heard people 
> talking on #D irc)
> And we all know D's power, everyone saw the language comparision sheet, 
> we need that sign from Walter "use it, it's stable!".

If releasing 1.0 soon would mean that there would be an experimental 
branch of the language that allowed more drastic changes - like fixing 
template/mixin problems and/or having const-by-default, I'm all for it...


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Tomasz Stachowiak