On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 11:52 PM, SiegeLord <n...@none.com> wrote: > I just wanted to get the word out about a little project me and a few other > people been working on for the few past months, in case anyone feels like > helping out (or just as an FYI). This project is the D2 port of the Tango > framework library. You can read about it here: > > https://github.com/haskelSiegeLord/Tango-D2<https://github.com/SiegeLord/Tango-D2> > > We are currently a little more than half way done in terms of modules > fiddled with. Currently there are 181 modules ported out of approximately > 343 (give or take 20). Currently only the dmd compiler and Linux platform > are supported... but obviously we want to get all the other > platforms/compilers as time goes on. I'm guessing at the current rate of > porting we'll be done in about half a year. > > Now, the project is actually two projects in one. > > The first project is a D2 port proper that tries to keep API semantics the > same as the D1 original. I preside over this aspect, and you can see the > rough porting guidelines in the repository. This is the 'd2port' branch in > my repository. > > The second project is a more ambitious effort to rewrite some aspects of > Tango without preserving semantics or anything. mtachrono presides over this > aspect, so you can talk to him about the motivations behind it. This is the > 'master' branch in my repository. > > That's all. Cheers. > > -SiegeLord >
Why? What's the point? Why not work on Phobos instead?