Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs

[Brad Roberts]

On Thu, 10 May 2012, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:

> On 10/05/12 01:43, Brad Roberts wrote:
> > If you're using ldc or gdc, you should develop agains the gdc/ldc provided
> > druntime and phobos too.
> 
> No, that's a recipe for fragmentation.  Phobos should be developed in consort
> with the DMD frontend.  The problem is that DMD frontend updates take time to
> percolate across to GDC/LDC.

You're reading something other than what I said.  Develop against doesn't 
imply leave it forked.