We are forking D

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 14:02:36 UTC, BlueBeach wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 13:22:08 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
>
>> ... See druntime.
> I'm not familiar with this case. It is part of the DMD 
> repository. Can you link/give a little more background?

I assume it's a reference to Tango vs Phobos. It was a very long 
time ago (resolved before I started using D in 2013) so I'm not 
the best person to explain it. You can find information if you 
search this forum.

>> Well, the stubbornly different understanding of technical 
>> details of DIP1027 vs DIP1038e is the final straw that spawned 
>> the fork.
> There is nothing wrong with going into detail making when you 
> make your point. But the discussion was conducted in way that 
> gave the impression of a serious lack of awareness as of the 
> 'where' (in a thread discussing a fork, created mainly because 
> of non-technical reasons) and the 'who' (in a thread red by a 
> lot of people most of them not primarily interested in a 
> conflict about escape characters). To be honest it struck me as 
> rather arrogant and ignorant than particulary savvy.

I think to the insiders the problems are known quite well. Until 
there is a change in the way decisions are made, there probably 
isn't much to discuss with respect to the fork.