"The End of Native Code" (OT: Programmer's mentality).

[Daniel Keep]

Georg Wrede wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>
> [snip]
> 
> But I'm talking an entity here who is capable of lifting Walter from
> essentially a DIY guy (no offense!!!) to a King. I'm talking king here
> like Linus Torvalds, who still has the last say, works with it if/when
> he pleases.
> 
> The King has the say, this benign entity gives the resources, and the
> King doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to, like (I'm assuming
> here) writing the boring parts of library code, designing and
> implementing the web presence of D, orchestration and administration,
> fine tuning license details, creating packages for all architectures and
> flavors, writing inter-language convenience code and libraries,
> developing astounding language tools only possible for D, writing
> professional quality documentation, properly reviewing and polishing the
> specs, ...

I believe the term you're looking for is BDFL: Benevolent Dictator For Life.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDFL

	-- Daniel

-- 
Unlike Knuth, I have neither proven or tried the above; it may not even
make sense.

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