D compiler as part of GCC

[Leandro Lucarella]

Andrei Alexandrescu, el 28 de enero a las 12:29 me escribiste:
> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> >Andrei Alexandrescu, el 28 de enero a las 09:49 me escribiste:
> >>>Just see the next message:
> >>>
> >>>http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-01/msg00501.html
> >>>
> >>>2010-01-26  Ian Lance Taylor  <iant at google.com>
> >>>
> >>>      * MAINTAINERS: Add myself as Go frontend maintainer.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>If you think Google is not pushing Go, think again...
> >>I'd seen that, but my understanding is that Ian is a maintainer of
> >>the frontend, not necessarily that Google is pushing Go or even that
> >>Google is paying him to spend time on Go. What am I missing?
> >
> >They are paying him to spend time on Go, at least is a "20% project".
> 
> Aw come on. I knew when I wrote the message I'll leave place for
> that semantic loophole, but I hoped you wouldn't be taking it so I
> didn't bother to preempt. Anyway... an employee spending time on a
> 20% project is a far cry from "Google is pushing Go". Anyone at
> Google could choose to do anything they please for their 20%
> projects.

Is not just one persona using his 20% project. There are a lot of Google's
employees doing so (and a couple of "high-profile" Google's employees,
like Rob Pike and Ken Thompson). Google's doesn't just give away a day of
work, you have to present a serious project to spent your 20% and they
have to approve it.

I counted 10 people @google and almost 20 more @golang (which, being that
the top developers, like Pike and Thompson are @golang, one could give for
granted that are all Google employees as well) in the CONTRIBUTORS file.
That's about 30 people (without counting other potential Google employees
using another e-mail). I think that is something...

Also, they provide all the infrastructure for the project, all the marking
has Google over the places, etc.

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Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca)                     http://llucax.com.ar/
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