On Friday, 17 August 2018 at 17:59:45 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
As opposed to today's situation, where somebody tries something illegal and the compiler fails to detect it, and nobody even know there's a problem until it becomes an exploitable bug that causes a security problem. Given today's security climate, this would be utterly disastrous for D's reputation.
This is a good example of D needing to evolve or fizzle out. I don't see evidence that the community has yet figured out how to evolve the language. If it had, these problems would not be around for so many years.
