When will D1 be finished?

[Steve Teale]

Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:

> Derek Parnell wrote:
> > The D-Team should be dedicating resources to ensuring that the D1 
> > implementation and D1 documentation are in alignment with each other.
> >  By dedicating, I mean that is all that this D1-subteam of the D-Team
> >  work on - no D2 work at all. Any D1 fixes that need to be propagated
> > to D2 should be done by the D2-subteam. Priority should be given to
> > getting D1 completed.
> 
> Well thank you General :o).
> 
> Derek, I have all respect for you and your contributions to D. The
> response below does not have the slightest intent to pick on you but to
> rein in an unhelpful pattern in this group.
> 
> I invite you to see the paragraph quoted above through a different pair 
> of eyes - the eyes of someone with a different vision of what should be 
> done for D, and also (most importantly) who believes in it strongly 
> enough to invest their own non-existing free time  in effecting that 
> vision.
> 
> I confess that this couch quarterbacking is mightily frustrating for 
> both Walter and myself. All the pieces are there for anyone with a 
> vision to make it happen. I understand you wanted to share your opinion 
> on what would be best for the future of D, and that's laudable in and by 
> itself, but such opinions have lately become a choir of whines 
> fulfilling a "if I want something from D, and I expect Walter to do it" 
> pattern. We need the exact opposite - if you care, what can *you* do to 
> make D better? D needs action and leadership.

Leadership, now there's an interesting concept!

Maybe we should nominate a leader by popular acclaim, then let her lead.

I don't think that Walter has time to be both supremo of development and D leader (pardon the pun) at the same time. In any case it's probably the case that the two roles require completely different mindsets. I remember John Haggins (Zortech), when Walter was working on one of the earliest versions of C++. They were as different as chalk and cheese. But commercially the combination worked for some time.

So since D is now mostly open source, perhaps we should discuss democracy?