If I had my way

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

I think we have a great release in the making: 64-bit code generation on 
OSX, improved floating point arithmetic, and a bunch of bugfixes.

Yet, if I had my way, I'd stop the release until every single complaint 
of Mehrdad's recent rampage has been looked at and addressed. Sure, we 
can label Mehrdad as a whiny baby, but I suspect his experience is 
representative for the out-of-the-box experience of many others: they 
see D's cool features, they download the compiler to try it out on their 
own terms, and as soon as they deviate from what is tried and works, or 
they combine features in an unusual yet meaningful manner, it all comes 
unglued.

It's about time to make a statement of reconnecting with our community, 
and in particular to the whiny babies out there. Sure, the kind of stuff 
we have in this beta is useful. Floating point arithmetic benchmarks 
have long hurt us, and 64-bit generation on OSX is a gating issue. But 
simple, long-standing issues that make babies whine are very important, 
too, and require our immediate attention.

I vote for making a strong point of fixing these out-of-the-box 
experience issues raised before we move forward with this release.


Andrei