Historical moment: D2 is now D

[Jonathan M Davis]

On 2011-06-10 10:39, Robert Clipsham wrote:
> On 10/06/2011 18:06, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> > I think we all agree that it is appropriate to characterize D2 to mean
> > "The D Programming Language".
> > 
> > From here on, we have changed the website
> > 
> > http://d-programming-language.org to reflect that reality. D simply
> > refers to what was formerly known as D2, and D1 stays D1.
> > 
> > Also, today Walter will change the "D" links from digitalmars.com to
> > point to http://d-programming-language.org, which is now the official
> > site of the D programming language. Expect (and please contribute) many
> > improvements of that site going forward.
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Andrei
> 
> I always find it incredibly annoying when I don't see the syntax of a
> language on its homepage. You shouldn't have to scroll down to see it.
> Also, the example that is there is terrible and represents the state of
> an old D1, it needs updating to use cool D2 features like CTFE and
> std.parallelism. I'd avoid templates and __traits() and other more
> advanced features, we don't want to put people off by putting too much
> on their plate!

There was a request for a better example a while back, and AFAIK, no one came 
up with one. As soon as someone does, I'm sure that we can get it used 
instead.

- Jonathan M Davis