OT (partially): about promotion of integers

[SomeDude]

On Wednesday, 12 December 2012 at 08:04:07 UTC, Han wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 12/11/2012 10:35 PM, Han wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm interested in crafting D to be a language that people 
>>>> will like
>>>> and use.
>>>
>>> Does that statement, then, represent a change in direction 
>>> for the D
>>> project? How long will this "crafting" take? Has this 
>>> "crafting" been
>>> already going on now for a decade? More than a decade? I'm 
>>> new here
>>> and would like to hear it "from the horse's mouth", so people,
>>> please let Walter answer first.
>>
>> All languages in active use undergo continuous improvement by 
>> their
>> developers. Ones that don't are called dead languages.
>
> So you are skirting the issue then, or going to come back and 
> post a real
> answer after you think about it some more? Has the "crafting" 
> toward "to be
> a language that people will like and use" been going on from 
> the start, or
> is that a new direction? Define "people": who is the target 
> user of D, who
> has been and is the target changing now? What about the time 
> thing? Perhaps
> you should just repost the link to the historical/future 
> roadmap/timeline
> for that.
>
> Further down in this discussion thread, I just posted more on 
> this same
> topic for your consideration. I think "prospectus" is the term 
> I am looking
> for: what a better time than the last month of the year to do 
> that!

Who are you ? You are new here and you speak with an aggressive 
tone, like Walter owes you something. What exactly makes you 
think Walter or anyone else owes you what you want ?

I am sure people here are interested in seeing your own language 
or open source project and how you manage its development. I will 
be glad to see the timeline and direction you give to it.