Am Wed, 09 Nov 2016 14:09:14 +0000 schrieb Chris <[email protected]>: > On Wednesday, 9 November 2016 at 14:03:01 UTC, eugene wrote: > > On Wednesday, 9 November 2016 at 08:10:13 UTC, MGW wrote: > >> Having a huge project (approximately 8000 strings) and while > >> supporting it permanently I often find out that changes that > >> take place in new versions of the program (particularly in > >> 2.072)are too hard to perceive and use (especially the basic > >> notions have been replaced, for ex.:the sorting of strings). > >> Offer: > >> To fix the basic notions such as sorting etc. > >> It is possible to divide the language into levels. For > >> example, for beginners it will permanently be a simple and > >> immutable and for investigations it will be another separate > >> branch. > > > > why do you update your compiler if there are no issues with the > > current version? > > You have to upgrade your compiler in order to be able to keep on > using D in the future. Else your project will be frozen in time.
The OP is looking for "a DMD for beginners, that is permanently immutable". I think the last release of DMD 1 would fit that shoe in a half serious, half joking way. -- Marco
