[phobos] Why we need to STOP breaking existing code

[Walter Bright]

"DFL won't compile"

It doesn't matter if the fix is trivial, easy, whatever. It does not compile, 
therefore D sux.

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: Incomprehensible compiler errors
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 00:54:58 +0200
From: Stuart <stugol at gmx.com>
Organization: Digital Mars
Newsgroups: digitalmars.D
References: <souztdpadfefltnvckcg at forum.dlang.org> <jv6v0j$1c4g$1 at digitalmars.com>

On Monday, 30 July 2012 at 21:40:35 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
 >
 > A ModuleInfo is generated for each compiled module and inserted
 > into its corresponding .obj file. If the linker cannot find it,
 > then it is likely that you need to specify that .obj on the
 > link command.

Ah, it would seem that my problem is with DFL not compiling. Look
guys, I'm about ready to give up here. I like the idea of D, but
it's like using fucking Linux: Absolutely everything needs to be
compiled before you can use it; and nothing will compile because
you need to do fifty other goddamn things that aren't mentioned
in the readme, so you have to post on dozens of sodding forums
for a week hoping someone throws you a bone.

All I want is to be able to write a GUI application using phrases
like "button1.dock = Fill". Is that so much to ask? Apparently it
is.

DFL won't compile. D-IDE doesn't work at all. VisualD crashes all
the time. The Eclipse IDE plugin doesn't work either. None of the
IDEs have any kind of reliable intellisense. The optional
"module" keywords aren't optional. The whole fucking thing's a
shambles, just like everything else designed for Linux.

It's really getting on my tits. Even using MFC is easier than
this.