On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:27:39 +0100, Bane
<[email protected]> wrote:
Lars T. Kyllingstad Wrote:
Bane wrote:
>> Why a killing of trees for a manual that changes daily and can be on
the
>> internet? What is the point of TDPL? To make money? I don't see any
value
>> in a set of pages that are a manual for a constantly changing and
>> unestablished computer programming language. Can't yaz save the
trees and
>> offer it for sale on the web to anyone who wants to pay for it? It's
easy
>> to setup a PayPal website (though I think D is far from that if
ever). I
>> don't see this thing selling in bookstores. A hard copy of an already
>> obsolete specification? If it's just charitable contribution from
long
>> time afficionados, why not just .org and ask for contributions and
not
>> kill trees?
>>
>
> This might actually be a good point. I have a thought or 2 about it.
A reason to save trees:
> - TDPL is changing, true, and online format is much easier to
update, navigate, search, and eco friendly. TDPL would be obsolete (for
current version of language) before it is published.
When TDPL is published D2 will be frozen. That's the whole point.
-Lars
Aha! What about... D3 ? :)
Will probably come about eventually, but it is an expressed goal to have
a long period to stabilize and polish D2 first.
--
Simen
