Spurring development (was Re: D : Not for me anymore)

[Bill Baxter]

Mike Parker wrote:
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> Mike Parker wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>
>>> What about bounties? 

Getting some Google summer-of-coders might be good too.
Where there any proposals for D this last time around?

--bb