ANNOUNCEMENT: GNU-D opens up shop

[Derek Parnell]

On Sat, 29 Apr 2006 08:44:31 +1000, Gabe McArthur  
<Gabe_member at pathlink.com> wrote:

>> ach ... I thought perhaps you were serious about helping for a moment.
>>
>> Have a trout ... courtesy of dsource.org :)
>
> Realize this: dsource is a collection of disparate tools and  
> vague/nebulous
> repositories.  I'm talking about conformity and organization.   
> Standardized
> libraries.  A compiler that works in conjunction with other tools.  A  
> debugger
> (GDB).  Everything can be organized as one cohesive whole.  This is so  
> that as
> the libraries grow and the compiler becomes better, the threshold for  
> people
> everywhere to work with D becomes lower.  Further, it will work off a  
> standard
> development model, where the community can move and contribute much more  
> quickly
> than any one person.  Walter is a great guy with a fantastic vision, but  
> he's
> just one man, and his output can't really compete with a group of  
> organized
> volunteers.
>


I just don't get it ... sorry.

Dsource can already support such projects, so why do you want to create a  
competing site?  That just helps fragment the D community, which sounds  
like the very thing you are trying not to do.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia