How I Came to Write D -- by Walter Bright

[Walter Bright]

On 4/10/2014 10:44 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
> On 4/8/14, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at 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.
>

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