August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On 8/24/2015 11:42 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and
> foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways with
> Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months.
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> Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I am grateful to
> have been a part of it for this long. The time has come for me, however, to
> fully focus on pushing D forward. As sorry I am for leaving a good and secure
> career behind, I am excited many times over about the great challenges and
> opportunities going forward.
>
> Next step with the D Language Foundation is a formal talk with the foundation's
> prospective attorney tomorrow. I hope to get the foundation in motion as soon as
> possible, though I'm told there are numerous steps to complete. I will keep this
> forum posted about progress.
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> I'm also glad to announce that the D Language Foundation already has a donor - I
> have decided to contribute my books' royalties to it. I encourage others to
> respond in kind.
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
Yay!
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August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to rsw0x | On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 22:04:58 UTC, rsw0x wrote: > On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 19:14:46 UTC, Joseph Cassman wrote: >> On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> [...] > > +1. > > Andrei is a major reason I decided to use D in the first place, his presence in the C++ community was very influential. Seeing him personally put a large portion of his life aside to push D forward is very reassuring that D is not on the way out. ++1! ditto |
August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On 25/08/15 6:42 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and > foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways > with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months. > > Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I am > grateful to have been a part of it for this long. The time has come for > me, however, to fully focus on pushing D forward. As sorry I am for > leaving a good and secure career behind, I am excited many times over > about the great challenges and opportunities going forward. Oh well, I hope we have somebody else on the inside :/ But I do appreciate that sacrifice. > Next step with the D Language Foundation is a formal talk with the > foundation's prospective attorney tomorrow. I hope to get the foundation > in motion as soon as possible, though I'm told there are numerous steps > to complete. I will keep this forum posted about progress. > > I'm also glad to announce that the D Language Foundation already has a > donor - I have decided to contribute my books' royalties to it. I > encourage others to respond in kind. I would love to do the same. But I need the money currently. If you get leanpub to accept the foundation as a charity once it is setup, I'll do a split share :) |
August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Hello everyone, > > > Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months. > > Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I am grateful to have been a part of it for this long. The time has come for me, however, to fully focus on pushing D forward. Can you elaborate on how you plan to push D forward, other than forming the foundation sooner? > As sorry I am for leaving a good and secure career behind, I am excited many times over about the great challenges and opportunities going forward. Sorry to hear the two couldn't coincide, but I doubt you will regret this move. > Next step with the D Language Foundation is a formal talk with the foundation's prospective attorney tomorrow. I hope to get the foundation in motion as soon as possible, though I'm told there are numerous steps to complete. I will keep this forum posted about progress. > > I'm also glad to announce that the D Language Foundation already has a donor - I have decided to contribute my books' royalties to it. I encourage others to respond in kind. Is there some way we can slap TDPL online in a more accessible format, like a paid blog of some sort if you'd like to keep it generating royalties? Print and pdfs are such antiquated formats, we can do much better. |
August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | Am 24.08.2015 um 20:42 schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> Hello everyone,
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> Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and
> foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways
> with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months.
> (...)
That's great news! I really hope that this will generate enough momentum for the language to finally take off to greater heights.
My best wishes for this upcoming endeavor!
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August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I am grateful to have been a part of it for this long. The time has come for me, however, to fully focus on pushing D forward.
This is great news for D!
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August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On 2015-08-24 18:42:59 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu said: > Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months. Wow, that takes cojones and your engagement will help a lot fo push D forward. Great news!! Let's come up with something that a lot small companies can support too. -- Robert M. Münch http://www.saphirion.com smarter | better | faster |
August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months.
>
> Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I am grateful to have been a part of it for this long. The time has come for me, however, to fully focus on pushing D forward. As sorry I am for leaving a good and secure career behind, I am excited many times over about the great challenges and opportunities going forward.
>
> Next step with the D Language Foundation is a formal talk with the foundation's prospective attorney tomorrow. I hope to get the foundation in motion as soon as possible, though I'm told there are numerous steps to complete. I will keep this forum posted about progress.
>
> I'm also glad to announce that the D Language Foundation already has a donor - I have decided to contribute my books' royalties to it. I encourage others to respond in kind.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei
Good luck for this new step on your career and also for the D community.
Although I have now other focus, this community is great and even as a bystander it would be nice to see D flourish as mainstream language and safer system programming practices.
Good luck,
Paulo
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August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | As far as I know, your title at Facebook was "D evangelist". When I knew that you moved to Facebook with this title, at first I thought that Facebook was willing to push D forward, with the company's resources and its previous contributions to technology, I thought this would be a similar but a more larger step. So now I am curious to know details about how you see your work at Facebook conflicting with the way you want to push D forward. For example, Is the company only willing to support D to a limited level? Doesn't the language fulfil the company's technical needs? Do you have conflicting visions towards how things should proceed? I know this is a question that you cannot give a totally politically correct answer to, but some details would be informative about your vision and / or the company. |
August 25, 2015 Re: Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Hello everyone,
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> Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D language and foundation, I have recently made the difficult decision to part ways with Facebook, my employer of five years and nine months.
>
> ...
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> Thanks,
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> Andrei
It is great!!!
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