D Stable Proposal

[Rob T]

On Friday, 30 November 2012 at 19:52:44 UTC, Rob T wrote:
> On Friday, 30 November 2012 at 19:42:12 UTC, Rob T wrote:
>> The issue here, as stated by Andrei, which I fully agree with, 
>> is that D is fighting for its own life. We have no choice but 
>> to improve the process, otherwise D will never grow past the 
>> current point it is at and will eventually fade away into 
>> obscurity.
>>
>> This is a do or die situation IMO.
>>
>> --rt
>
> Sorry, that came out in an overly bleak way. The really REALLY 
> good news, is that D has grown to the point where we are being 
> forced to adapt to the growth. What we're hoping to achieve is 
> a way that removes the limiters that are holding D back from 
> further growth.
>
> The "do or die" scenario only happens if D cannot continue to 
> grow, and other competing languages take over, like Rust and 
> perhaps Go. That's the only dire part to pay attention to, the 
> optimistic point being that we are forced to grow because of 
> D's success, not because of its failures.
>
> --rt

A much simpler way to state the current situation is that we're 
in fact experiencing a "good problem"!

--rt