backporting features to D1

[Bruno Medeiros]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Derek Parnell wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:54:47 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>>> bobef wrote:
>>>> category 3) will be forced to break their code because
>>>> once D2 is declared stable D1 will probably be declared deprecated
>>> No, I intend to support D1 as long as there is interest in it.
>>
>> I'm no longer using D at all. I've lost interest in D1 as D2 looks to be
>> much, much better. However D2 is a currently whirlwind of uncertainty. 
>> I'd
>> love to use some parts of Tango but not D1. I like Phobos (but admit it
>> still has too many warts and omissions) but D2 is just not worth my time
>> yet. I tried coding in D2 but a lot of that code is going to need
>> significant rework when the cabal have finalized their deliberations, 
>> which
>> look like being at least 12 months away.
> 
> One way or another D2 will have to be done around April, when TDPL comes 
> along.
> 
> Andrei

Do you expect the concurrency features to be ready by then? (By ready I 
mean something that is usable and well though-out, not just the first 
and experimental iterations of a design)

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Bruno Medeiros - Software Developer, MSc. in CS/E graduate
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