d-programming-language.org

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 7/3/11 1:58 PM, KennyTM~ wrote:
> On Jul 4, 11 02:40, eles wrote:
>> 1. please update http://www.d-programming-language.org/faq.html#q6
>> ("Why fall through on switch statements?").
>>
>> "The reason D doesn't change this is for the same reason that
>> integral promotion rules and operator precedence rules were kept the
>> same - to make code that looks the same as in C operate the same. If
>> it had subtly different semantics, it will cause frustratingly subtle
>> bugs." was a good reason at its time, it is no more (since code is
>> simply *not* accepted).
>>
>
> The whole FAQ needs to be reviewed:
>
> 1. Most of the "D 2.0 FAQ" is missing (e.g. 'Where is my simple language?')
> 2. 'How do I write my own D compiler for CPU X?' - the alternative
> backend has not been updated for 9 years. As a guide, it's better to
> refer to some Wiki4D article or the LDC interface.
> 3. 'Where can I get an IDE for D?' - Just link to a Wiki4D article. It
> is missing newer IDEs like Visual D.
> 4. 'What about templates?' - There's no need to keep this D 0.x item...
> 5. 'Why fall through on switch statements?' - As eles's comment.
> 6. 'Why doesn't D use reference counting for garbage collection?' - Add
> std.typecons.RefCounted
> 7. 'Can't a sufficiently smart compiler figure out that a function is
> pure automatically?' - But now we have purity inference :)
>
>> now, flames are on (again) - well, I have no alternative.
>>
> [snip]

Great points. I'll update the FAQ when I'll find the time, and please 
send your pull requests too!

Andrei