d future or plans for d3

[Ruslan Mullakhmetov]

>> It will be years before we seriously start looking at D3

  Absolutely. Just wanted to share with my thoughts.

  When i wrote to NG i do not intend to say "Let do it right know", 
instead wanted to say "When D3 would be considered..."

  Any good movement as i hope D is ought to have some global view and 
global goals. I think, new paradigm would benefit D.

  Also as already mentioned else thread this can be used like marketing trick.

On 2011-12-18 02:26:51 +0000, Jonathan M Davis said:

> On Sunday, December 18, 2011 04:09:21 Ruslan Mullakhmetov wrote:
>> I want to ask you about D future
> 
> It will be years before we seriously start looking at D3, and while there are
> ideas for what we might like to do with it, it's far too early to say what's
> likely to happen with it. D2 needs to be fully stabilized and be in general
> use for a while before we really look at expanding it into D3. We really need
> to work at making D2 a success before we worry about where we're going next.
> Also, many of the best changes to D3 won't be evident until D2 has been used
> enough for its problems to become evident. D1 and D2 manage to improve on
> C++'s problems as well as they do precisely because we know what they are. We
> don't really know what D2's primary problems are yet, and that will take time.
> 
> Also, while D3 may be years off, it could be that after D2 has stabilized more,
> we'll add new features that are backwards compatible. So, just because D3 is
> years off does not necessarily mean that D2 is static. In addition, many things
> can be done in libraries without needing to add anything to the language, so
> what you can do with D2 will continue to improve, even if the language itself
> doesn't change much.
> 
> Regardless, the main focus right now is in stabilizing dmd and fleshing out the
> standard library, not in creating a new version of D with new features. It's
> too early for that.
> 
> - Jonathan M Davis


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BR, Ruslan Mullakhmetov