[Dlang-internal] DIP1000 discussion and testing

[Walter Bright via Dlang-internal]

On 10/24/2016 1:13 AM, Stefam Koch wrote:
> That argument can go two ways.
> Since we are already years late another month won't matter that much.

That doesn't work as an argument. Being later makes things worse, not 
irrelevant. Memory safety is constantly growing in importance. It is a key 
advantage D can have over C/C++ - one they will have great difficulty matching.


> D's main advantage is hindsight and careful consideration of complexity versus
> power!
> We should stick to those values and trying to beat someone in a marketing hype.

It's not a question of beating. It is a question of becoming irrelevant. We lose 
design wins constantly because of this issue.