backporting features to D1

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 1:12 PM, dsimcha <dsimcha at yahoo.com> wrote:
> == Quote from Bruno Medeiros (brunodomedeiros+spam at com.gmail)'s article
>> 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
>
> Sorry for the stupid question, but I'm really, really curious.  What the heck is
> TDPL and why is it relevant to D2?
>
>

The D Programming Language, a book Andrei and Walter are apparently
working on, and Andrei wants the language to be fixed by the time it
comes out so the book doesn't become outdated before it's published.