Is it time for D 3.0?

[Derek Parnell]

On Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:35:45 -0400, Paul D. Anderson wrote:

> I posted this comment already in the phobos/tango thread but I thought it might be of more general interest.
> 
> With all the changes being discussed -- many of the breaking changes -- is it time to move on to D version 3.0?
> 
> It seems to me a natural division exists between 2.0, when we had to choose between tango and phobos; and 3.0, when we got to use them both.
> 
> Some of the other recent discussions here, template syntax, for example, could fall on the other side of the 2.0/3.0 divide.
> 
> I'm sure Walter and others have discussed when and how the move to 3.0 will occur. Just wondering if this important change should be a factor.

There is a sort of precedent. Windows 1.0 was a proof-of-concept edition,
Windows 2.0 was forgettable, and it was not until Windows 3.0 that is
became usable. 

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Derek Parnell
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