On Friday, 6 December 2013 at 14:33:59 UTC, Joseph Rushton
Wakeling wrote:
On 06/12/13 13:38, Craig Dillabaugh wrote:
But is D not still doing a better job than Microsoft is of
keeping their C++
compiler up to the latest C++ standard?
I'm not making any comparisons here, I'm simply saying that
this is something it could be helpful to address, for D's own
sake.
Comparisons to Microsoft are not very helpful anyway, because
Microsoft is to a great extent in the position of being able to
effectively dictate solutions, even where they clash with or
fail to live up to standards. That's both their advantage and
their weakness.
In fact in the C++ world all the compilers lag the standard to
some extent. Its
hard to expect that D would have all the compilers exactly in
sync, though with
the common front-end it should help.
That's the point -- with D we are in the lucky situation that
not only do all our compilers share common frontends, runtimes
and standard libraries,
but all the developers are friends working together in a
cooperative community.
Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! Don't tell anyone!
We have all the resources in place to ensure that the 3
compilers are truly equal players. All it will take is time
and effort and a focus on making it happen.
I should add that (since bounties have been mentioned) this is
another thing I'd happily put money towards, if it would help.
