On Wednesday, 20 February 2013 at 21:26:58 UTC, 1100110 wrote:
On 02/20/2013 12:42 PM, bearophile wrote:
Rob T:
and do a ton of boring stuff like stabilize D2/Phobos before
moving on
to D3, install better processes for documentation and
developing the
language specifications, and of course continue to improve
the release
process (it still needs a real beta and stable release), etc.
"Stabilize" is the wrong word to use. Implementing the 64
compiler is
good, implementing shared libraries is good, porting D
runtime/Phobos to
RISC CPUs is good, replacing the GC is good, improving the
floating
point management by DMD is good, and so on and on.
But in my opinion what's more needed now is instead to try to
complete
as much as possible the design and implementation of the
missing/broken/incomplete parts of the core language (like
finishing
const/immutable design, finishing the implementation of pure,
redesigning properties, fixing @trusted, doing what's possible
with
shared, doing what's possible to finish the inference of tags
like pure
in templated functions, finishing the design of packages,
finishing the
implementation of the module system, finishing the design of
operator
overloading, and so on. The complete list of broken/unfinished
parts
scares me).
Bye,
bearophile
Yes. Shared Libraries Please.
Thank you.
+1
It's the most important issue for me. Particular feature bugs can
be worked around, lack of shared library support is
insurmountable for many applications.
