D : Not for me anymore
Knud Sørensen
12tkvvb02 at sneakemail.com
Mon Oct 16 05:32:41 PDT 2006
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006 11:09:07 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>> We have several authors on the list maybe we can get them
>> to donate a copy of one of there books for a first prize.
>
> I've thought about cash prizes and contests. I just had the nagging
> feeling that the result would be a circus rather than serious development.
Yes, part of it will be a circus, that one of the points of a contest.
To attract people and show how good D is performing.
Some libraries might not be serious developed,
but I think that the top libraries will be.
And a few good libraries might be worth all the circus.
If you look at history many excellent developments have been the
results of competitions:
The X price: we got a private developed spaceship.
Clay institute millennium problems: Several problems had had more progress
since the announcement that any other period in time.
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