On 1/12/14 3:06 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 2:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> answer emails in which you're asked to "shut up and take my money".
>
> Dang, I never get emails like that.

Yah, the ones asking for money are more frequent :o).

On a serious note, it would behoove our community to target a GCC release to integrate with and rally to get that done. Iain's role is crucial here.


Andrei

On Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 23:06:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/12/2014 2:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> answer emails in which you're asked to "shut up and take my money".
>
> Dang, I never get emails like that.

Royal families of African countries send me these on a regular basis. They really want my good.

On Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 00:19:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/383571-d-programming-language

I just checked a few and some are "strange".

For example, "Issue 1824 - Object not const correct" is actually a meta-issue. The current strategy to fix this, is to remove the functions, which seems to require library AAs. This basically means, once a group of people has done the hard work, someone random just closes 1824 and gets the bounty?

On Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 00:19:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I've placed on behalf of Facebook a few more bounties on D-related issues.

There are interesting research done on such topics:
http://freakonomics.com/2013/06/05/is-paying-for-blood-a-good-idea-after-all/1

>In Freakonomics, we mentioned Richard Titmuss‘s landmark 1970 study on blood donations, which found that offering money for  blood actually hurt donations.<

Bye,
bearophile

On 1/13/14 2:22 AM, qznc wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 00:19:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/383571-d-programming-language
>
> I just checked a few and some are "strange".
>
> For example, "Issue 1824 - Object not const correct" is actually a
> meta-issue. The current strategy to fix this, is to remove the
> functions, which seems to require library AAs. This basically means,
> once a group of people has done the hard work, someone random just
> closes 1824 and gets the bounty?

Hopefully consensus can be reached. Part of this all is to figure out what works best for everyone.

Also who is "reed.jeesen"? He or she started work on this on Dec 23rd. Hopefully he/she is active here; a solution without context is unlikely to be acceptable.


Andrei

On 1/13/14 7:50 AM, bearophile wrote:
> On Sunday, 12 January 2014 at 00:19:02 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I've placed on behalf of Facebook a few more bounties on D-related
>> issues.
>
> There are interesting research done on such topics:
> http://freakonomics.com/2013/06/05/is-paying-for-blood-a-good-idea-after-all/1
>
>
>> In Freakonomics, we mentioned Richard Titmuss‘s landmark 1970 study on
>> blood donations, which found that offering money for blood actually
>> hurt donations.<

The quote is misleading. The article discusses recent research that has results opposite to that of 1970, and suggests a policy overhaul.


Andrei