Tango quibbles - please write tickets so we can track them

[Alexander Panek]

Janice Caron wrote:
 > Then you're a sad, sad person. (Either that, or you missed the
 > analogy). The analogy was about giving up your valuable spare time,
 > not about choosing a D library. Go back and follow the reasoning.

Wait. If you only have one book to choose from, you're a "sad, sad" 
person? But having more than one runtime libraries is also bad? Dude, go 
back and think about your reasoning.

> If you have *no* interests in your life whatsoever, and working on
> Tango is the *only* option you have to prevent yourself from going
> insane with boredom, then obviously you must do that. But if, like me,
> you have lots and lots of spare time interests, and they are all
> clawing for your valuable time, then the sane choice is to pick things
> you care about greatly in preference to things you're not that
> bothered about. /That/ is the analogy I was making. My apologies if
> that was not clear.

I think that analogy limps massively. Books, as well as software, have a 
rather long process of rewriting and reviewing, with people involved 
/other than the author/. Have you ever seen a book that has been written 
and printed afterwards? I didn't. This does apply for libraries, too. If 
you're not willing to review something, make suggestions, hints, patches 
, how come you even dare to use it. How can you assume that anything 
will be changed as you please - or even worse; is served perfectly, in a 
release candidate? I don't get it.

I see that as a very arrogant and short-sighted attitude, nothing more.

Additionally, some of us don't use D only in their spare time. So 
getting paid for solving problems and helping other people by sharing 
the solutions is like a double-win, no?