On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 3:29 AM, Tino Heth <2...@gmx.de> wrote: > > Well that there is a rather defeatist attitude. If you are correct that > Apple-funded development is the only way to get core libraries built (and > maintained), and Apple has expressed they have no intention of doing so, > then we are all pretty much f****d. > > I don't think Apple-funded development is the only way — it's just that > the alternative takes much more time. > But ihmo the funding don't has to be large: > I wonder what would happen if Ted picked a random Swift developer, and > gave him the maintainer credentials for an empty Result<T>-repo on the > official github page of Swift... >
It requires help from both ends. Picking a random girl or guy off Twitter and making them Lead Math Library Developer™ is unlikely to work. At the same time, without “official” endorsement, a motivated individual with a great library is unlikely to be able to carry their product to mass adoption either. Both factors have to be present.
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