backporting features to D1

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> 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)

In the words of a car mechanic: we'll be done in six months, even if we 
had to work on it for a year.

Andrei