At a crossroad

[Ary Borenszweig]

Steve Teale wrote:
> Ary Borenszweig Wrote:
> 
>> Lately a lot of people are complaining about "D lacks this", "D lacks that".
>>
>> I can only speak for the IDE part of your post: I'm working on it, and 
>> I'm almost alone.
>>
>> So if you want to do something for D, get your hands dirty.
> 
> Ary,
> 
> Lots of us are getting our hands dirty in the hopeful expectation of all the things described. I'm working on a web application server, and that includes database interfaces. I can't take on more. But when it comes to a mechanism for adding to Phobos, or even a mechanism to determine if anyone is actually interested, D is sadly lacking. The two library situation is just a joke. The comment about absence of management should be taken very seriously.
> 
> If nothing is done about it, D will die. It may already be too late - these discussions have been going on as long as I can remember!
> 
> Steve

Steve,

Sorry, I thought many of the people that complain about D are just users 
of D and do nothing for it. I'm not saying that everyone should 
contribute, but if they don't contribute, then don't criticize. But I 
don't know who contributes and complains and who doesn't, so sorry.

Back to the discussion: why Tango is considered a standard library? And 
again: can't it be changed to a normal library instead of a standard 
one? Why does it *need* to be a standard library?