"Jeremie Pelletier" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]... > Dominik Wrote: > >> Is there any or there will be a "big switch" to 2.x once it is considered >> final/stable? > > I already made the switch to D2 almost a year ago, and definitely wont be > going back to D1. I didn't need to make many changes to my custom runtime > either, the ABI between the two versions is for the most part the same. > > I must say I was a bit confused with the added const and immutable > qualifiers at first, but now I couldn't live without them. The shared > qualifier is making me drool too, I can't wait until it is implemented > properly. > > D1 was enough to make me an instant fan of the language and switch the > planning of a few personal projects from C++ to D. D2 was what really made > me dig headfirst nearly fulltime in the language. > > I don't think D1 will vanish after D2 hits final, because it's an easier > language to deal with, but D2 will most likely attract more programmers in > the long run, especially if it continues getting better at concurrent > programming.
thanks for reply - what attracted me to D was D1/Tango combination and I think I wouldn't use D without Tango at all - I have no idea what Phobos2 brings to the table in practice yet, but from what I can see it does not look like a suitable replacement.
