D1 to be discontinued on December 31, 2012

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Don" <nospam at nospam.com> wrote in message 
news:jc97mn$257t$1 at digitalmars.com...
>
> This is a silly and offensive statement. Most languages are in this 
> situation. Look at Python2 vs Python3, Perl6 vs Perl5.
>

Interpreted languages are a very different matter (especially so for web 
development). They're not just compilers, they're effectively platforms. 
Python2 is needed just to *run* Python2 software. The same is not true for 
compiled languages: D1 is only needed to compile D1 software, not to run it. 
Languages like Perl and Python have much more need to maintain older 
branches.