No need for version expression is a lie

[Adam D Ruppe]

On Thursday, 24 August 2023 at 21:37:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> At one point, druntime was largely converted to using enums and 
> static if, to implement version algebra. It inevitably 
> increased in complexity until nobody understood what was 
> happening (due to circular imports).
>
> It got dumped in my lap. I converted it all back to versions,

When was this?

> and it's been trouble free ever since.

It also tends to lag adoption on new platforms by a significant 
degree.