Printing shortest decimal form of floating point number with Mir

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 18:48:06 UTC, ag0aep6g wrote:
> On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 18:06:32 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
> wrote:
>> My main concern is that we need to attract more people with a 
>> strong comp.sci. background because as a language grow it 
>> becomes more tricky to improve and the most difficult topics 
>> are the ones that remain unresolved (like we see with @live, 
>> shared and GC).
>
> I don't have that background myself, so I don't think I can 
> provide any insight here.

Well, what I mean is that it is not so bad if D is perceived as 
an "enthusiast language", then you don't expect a flawless 
implementation. If the language spec outline something that is 
"beautiful" (also in a theoretical sense) and show where the 
implementation needs some love then people can contribute in 
areas they are interested in. If the spec is so-so, then it will 
be a revolving door...


>> It probably would be a good idea to focus on one subsystem at 
>> a time. Refactor, document, make a list of priority 
>> improvements for that subsystem, and then improve/reimplement, 
>> document, then move on to the next subsystem.
>>
>> If memory management is in the center now, then that is great, 
>> but then maybe the next cycle could take another look at the 
>> type system as a whole.
>
> I'm afraid I don't have anything profound to contribute here 
> either. I have no idea how to manage a group of volunteers 
> (including Walter).


Most people will shy away from the difficult, tedious or boring 
bits, so by keeping focus on one subsystem at a time, one could 
hope that the difficult/tedious/boring bits receive more 
attention... (Nothing specific for D, just human behaviour.)