<p dir="ltr">It is only different in that it is official, and there is a deadline.<br>
It's good PR. When you hear "D summer of code" project you know there is at least one person working hard on the project and that they definitely have a mentor.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It would be on record that you were involved in DSoC 2013.</p>
<p dir="ltr">:) plus a group would get to approve or disapprove projects.</p>
<p dir="ltr">If you don't complete your project it is a lot worse than if it were just an idea mentioned on a forum somewhere.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There really is something to it being official and having a deadline though.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On 9 Apr 2013 18:33, "Brad Roberts" <<a href="mailto:braddr@puremagic.com">braddr@puremagic.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
On 4/9/13 12:10 AM, Walter Bright wrote:<br>
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On 4/8/2013 11:42 PM, Rory McGuire wrote:<br>
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Could we not still run the basics of the program minus the funding?<br>
Perhaps<br>
there are still students and mentors that would be interested<br>
in contributing their time for their name down in the history of D. :)<br>
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We could call it DSoC. There would still be an approval process that way<br>
everyone knows what is expected and there is still the experience<br>
and record of that experience for potential employers to refer to so that<br>
candidates can use the experience for reference.<br>
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The D community is stable so I really think this could work (as<br>
opposed to a<br>
unstable community where references would mean nothing).<br>
I would be interested in DSoC more than GSoC because I work full-time and<br>
wouldn't be able to put in a full summer of time.<br>
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Very interesting idea!<br>
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In what way would this differ from the normal every day experience of "hey, I'm going to work on X, could I ask for some help with the design of it?"<br>
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