On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:00:01 -0700, Walter Bright
<[email protected]> wrote:
On 7/15/2012 5:45 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
I think the problem is that in the real world, that state is somewhat
unlikely.
For example, Walter is currently working on COFF support, this is
arguably a new
feature (we already can make programs work on Windows). Programmers
aren't
machines and fixing bugs all day is boring, we want to do the fun
stuff, in this
case, new features. It just so happens that it's the fun stuff that
makes fixing
bugs bearable. I don't think it's fair of us to demand that Walter only
fix
bugs, besides, COFF support is a HIGHLY requested new feature, he is
just
supposed to ignore them?
Supporting Win64 is absolutely critical for the future of D, and the
sooner we get it, the better. The COFF route is the shortest route to
doing it, and the most practical for attracting devs, which is why it's
the way we're going.
32 bit code is dead on OSX, is dying rapidly on Linux and Windows.
I absolutely agree with this, but you already know that. I've been
lobbying for COFF ever since I first showed up here. :-)
--
Adam Wilson
IRC: LightBender
Project Coordinator
The Horizon Project
http://www.thehorizonproject.org/
