Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:09:18 -0500, Jordi <jo...@rovira.cat> wrote:
Yes, I think there is some amount of "despotism" in the way it is
being done, but i don't understand at all how people can come here to
complain so much. Guys, if you don't like this, move on to another
language, fork this one, or stay and try to be constructive, submit
patches, etc. Many things can be done better, but don't forget how
much you are paying for this (hint, 0) and how much right you have to
be angry if this people don't do as you say (hint, none).
Don't take all heated arguments on this news group at face value :)
Most people here respect each other's opinions and simply have different
opinions on what is better. Especially with Walter calling the shots,
it becomes almost necessary to mount a very strong argument. He
notoriously resists change until the last possible moment. This is both
frustrating and also a very very good thing. I think without this
resistance D would have disintegrated into a mass of unusable complexity
long ago.
There are the perennial complainers that don't add much positive to the
discussion, but even they have good points sometimes. I'd hate to ask
people to leave the newsgroup because more sets of eyes are better for
any product to become as good as it can be!
Please, everyone continue to have strong opinions and voice them! Great
ideas do not come from silence.
Agreed. In particular, "good" silence creates the issue that a small
vocal group can make their opinion appear much more consensual than it
really is. I recall the case with @property: it seemed like everybody
and their dog was p...@property, but it turned out that at the poll a
silent majority thought otherwise.
I think that phenomenon has a name in politics (large but not organized
majority with interests hurt by a small, focused, and motivated group).
Well fortunately that's not the case for us :o).
I have great hopes for D2, that will be resolved favorable or not
after the secret concurrency stuff is published and GDC catches up.
I have to address this, please go to http://lists.puremagic.com to view
all the "secret" concurrency stuff ;) And phobos discussion. If you
want to join the list, simply subscribe! There is no secret here.
Sorry, I had to remove the PDF when I sent the manuscript. Anyone who
has it, please do not share. The book will be out there soon.
BTW, in related news: my editor offered a contract for a PDF edition,
looking towards Kindle, Sony Reader, and perhaps iPhone and iTampon. I
guess they liked what they saw :o).
Andrei
