http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22jwcu/how_i_came_to_write_d/

http://goo.gl/32R36e


Andrei

On Tuesday, 8 April 2014 at 21:44:24 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22jwcu/how_i_came_to_write_d/
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> http://goo.gl/32R36e
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> Andrei

Wait a second. I think there's something wrong here. I've read this article several days ago! I claimed this one wasn't in http://www.drdobbs.com/authors/Walter-Bright
The single one sane explanation is I actually came from future.

On 4/8/2014 7:28 PM, asman wrote:
> The single one sane explanation is I actually came from future.

Got any stock tips?

On 4/8/14, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22jwcu/how_i_came_to_write_d/

Btw, w.r.t. #2:

> W.B.: I've had to learn how to manage a project where people are all volunteers. Since I don't pay anybody anything, I can't tell anybody to do anything.

As a contributor I take a different stance here. When Andrei/Walter or someone from the "higher ranks" asks me about working on a specific feature or pull I'll be ready to jump on it as soon as possible. To me the issue was never about finding what to work on, but prioritizing what's important.

So I wouldn't necessarily say that requesting someone to work on something would look bad or be perceived as wanting that someone to do work for free. I think there's plenty of us here who are eager to work on things.

I know Andrei said he already tried to ask some members of the community to work on some issues, to no avail. I don't know which issues they were though, but if I'm involved in any of them just ping me and I'll jump to work ASAP.

On 4/10/2014 10:44 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 4/8/14, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22jwcu/how_i_came_to_write_d/
>
> Btw, w.r.t. #2:
>
>> W.B.: I've had to learn how to manage a project where people are all
>> volunteers. Since I don't pay anybody anything, I can't tell anybody to do
>> anything.
>
> As a contributor I take a different stance here. When Andrei/Walter or
> someone from the "higher ranks" asks me about working on a specific feature
> or pull I'll be ready to jump on it as soon as possible. To me the issue was
> never about finding what to work on, but prioritizing what's important.
>
> So I wouldn't necessarily say that requesting someone to work on something
> would look bad or be perceived as wanting that someone to do work for free. I
> think there's plenty of us here who are eager to work on things.
>
> I know Andrei said he already tried to ask some members of the community to
> work on some issues, to no avail. I don't know which issues they were though,
> but if I'm involved in any of them just ping me and I'll jump to work ASAP.
>

What can I say? This is awesome!

On 4/10/14, 10:44 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 4/8/14, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
>> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/22jwcu/how_i_came_to_write_d/
>
> Btw, w.r.t. #2:
>
>> W.B.: I've had to learn how to manage a project where people are all volunteers. Since I don't pay anybody anything, I can't tell anybody to do anything.
>
> As a contributor I take a different stance here. When Andrei/Walter or
> someone from the "higher ranks" asks me about working on a specific
> feature or pull I'll be ready to jump on it as soon as possible. To me
> the issue was never about finding what to work on, but prioritizing
> what's important.
>
> So I wouldn't necessarily say that requesting someone to work on
> something would look bad or be perceived as wanting that someone to do
> work for free. I think there's plenty of us here who are eager to work
> on things.
>
> I know Andrei said he already tried to ask some members of the
> community to work on some issues, to no avail. I don't know which
> issues they were though, but if I'm involved in any of them just ping
> me and I'll jump to work ASAP.

My request for bug prioritization isn't new:  regressions, blockers, and majors -- in that order. The number of open bugs that fall into those three severity levels is depressing.

Walter: "I'll note here that working on stuff that I needed has fared quite a bit better than working on stuff that I was told others need."

This has also been my experience, that you should do what you feel is right, what really makes you happy. Had I heeded all the advice I've been given about how "useful" and "useless" this and that is, I wouldn't be where I am now. Practically everything I went for was considered "useless". I know far too many people who did what was once considered useful (i.e. "where the money is"), and ended up being completely unhappy. There will always be people like the C Guru (he probably wasn't one), but never mind them. Go where your heart says.

I would have liked to have a Java native compiler though, but hey, now we have D.

On 4/11/2014 2:06 AM, Chris wrote:
> I would have liked to have a Java native compiler though,

You're probably the only one :-)


> but hey, now we have D.

Yeah, I like D far better than Java.

> I've read this article several days ago!

Yes, me too. I thought the AMA is just referring to an existing article.. but the date on that article is new! (I was scratching my head on that..)

On Wednesday, 9 April 2014 at 02:28:16 UTC, asman wrote:
> I've read this article several days ago!

I found where I read it.. I downloaded a PDF version of Languages Dr.Dobb's Journal February 2014 edition, and this article was published in that.

Anyway, it's a great article, worth reading it twice.