backporting features to D1

[Bill Baxter]

On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 10:56 AM, Walter Bright
<newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> Aziz K. wrote:
>>
>> I got an idea, what if you backported some stuff from D2 to D1 (obviously
>> not the const system) and made those features only available when a switch
>> on the command-line was turned on, for example -v1.1? Ought to satisfy both
>> camps, the conservatives and the reformers. Whaddaya say?
>
> I've dealt with that on C/C++ compilers for years, and it's an unending
> testing and configuration nuisance.

Python's strategy of introducing new features is the best I've seen by far.
And with that they have made big changes in the language without ever
creating any major split in the user base, as far as I can tell.

--bb