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D Development Stage?
Mar 29, 2005
Gary Dumer
Mar 29, 2005
Derek Parnell
Mar 29, 2005
Matthew
Mar 29, 2005
Dejan Lekic
Mar 29, 2005
Walter
March 29, 2005
What development stage do you think D is in?

Alpha...
Beta...
Feature complete...
???...

What is your evaluation?


March 29, 2005
On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 20:38:26 -0500, Gary Dumer wrote:

> What development stage do you think D is in?
> 
> Alpha...
> Beta...
> Feature complete...
> ???...
> 
> What is your evaluation?

Beta.
It is mostly bug-free and is usable in real-world situations.
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Derek
Melbourne, Australia
29/03/2005 11:44:07 AM
March 29, 2005
On the cusp of Alpha/Beta

"Gary Dumer" <gedumer@comcast.net> wrote in message news:d2abii$aid$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> What development stage do you think D is in?
>
> Alpha...
> Beta...
> Feature complete...
> ???...
>
> What is your evaluation?
> 


March 29, 2005
IMHO it can be counted as stable. It's much more stable than a lot of "stable" projects I've seen so far...

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...........
Dejan Lekic
  http://dejan.lekic.org

March 29, 2005
"Gary Dumer" <gedumer@comcast.net> wrote in message news:d2abii$aid$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> What development stage do you think D is in?
>
> Alpha...
> Beta...
> Feature complete...
> ???...
>
> What is your evaluation?

The focus is now and has been for a while just stamping out the bugs. We can (and have!) argue vigorously about how various features should work, but having a solid, reliable foundation that works as specified is the most important. You can see that reflected in the changelog.