Final by default?

[Walter Bright]

On 3/13/2014 11:41 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 2. There's the danger of getting into a design-by-committee rut.

Back in the early days of the C++ Standards committee, I recall some members 
negotiating in effect "vote for my proposal and I'll vote for yours". I don't 
see that as a great way to design a language.

Democratic committee processes also involve long, and I mean loooong, timespans 
for making decisions. Like 13 years from C++98 to C++11.