Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:26:12 +0100, Lars T. Kyllingstad wrote: > Steve Teale wrote: >> That this newsgroup was renamed digitalmars.d2. Probably > 80% of the >> discussion here is on topics relating to the evolution of the language. >> Don't get me wrong, as soon as D2 is stable, I'll be the first to >> switch. >> >> But where does the current discussion leave those of us who want to use >> D and talk about the usage of what is the current mainstream core of >> the language - 1.055 - if I understand the situation correctly? That >> should be digitalmars.D. >> >> If there was discussion about how good it was that the various flavors >> of the language were getting in sync, and on idiom, and on cool D >> programming techniques, and on explanation, I'm sure the newsgroup >> would pull more people in. >> >> As it is, the uncommitted with some interest in D visit occasionally, >> and leave with the same old, same old feeling. >> >> Let's try to turn D into a really active living language, not some >> vague future possibility. Perception is everything! > > Well, seeing as D2 is supposed to be finished in only a couple of > months, we should in my opinion stop referring to it as D2, and just > call it D. If there is need for separate newsgroups, they should be > called digitalmars.d1 and digitalmars.d, not digitalmars.d and > digitalmars.d2. > > After all, when we speak of Java, we don't usually mean Java 1.1. > > There is, however, definitely a need to rename the newsgroups. This > newsgroup should be called d.dev or something, and d.learn should > replace this one. This would most likely lead to more traffic and more > interesting discussions on the "learn" forum, with the added benefit of > not scaring away newbies with the sometimes rather heated debates going > on here.
Hmm http://www.scala-lang.org/node/199 D <-> scala D.announce <-> scala.announce D.learn <-> scala.users D.{dtl,dwt,ide,debugger} <-> scala.tools nothing <-> scala.debate nothing <-> scala.internals I don't think D requires a D.academic for papers since probably no postgraduate level paper has ever been written about D. A group for discussing compiler/language internals and debate would be useful though.
