C is Brittle D is Plastic

[user1234]

On Tuesday, 24 March 2026 at 10:36:19 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
> On Monday, 23 March 2026 at 23:48:27 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>
>> So now we have a complicated 2-phase lookup that everybody 
>> likes.
>
> Again, not everybody likes it.

I don't know what this "2-phases lookup system" is refering to 
(my interest in D started by 2014 let's say and I have the 
feeling that this is an older topic). What was the problem in 
first place ?