D forbearance(Official backing of libs)

[Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d]

On 02/01/16 2:38 PM, Jason Jeffory wrote:
> On Saturday, 2 January 2016 at 01:26:30 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:
>> So, if you consider me a "top dog" then yes we're getting it.
>> Of course I am only really a commoner round these parts.
>>
>> I'm almost ready to ask for feedback for windowing and image library
>> (stage 1 and 2 out of like 4 for each).
>>
>> Now in terms of audio, honestly?
>> Its a difficult task, unless you're into that area you won't be
>> writing the primitives or input/output mechanisms.
>>
>> Lastly a GUI toolkit. Of course everyone wants that in Phobos.
>> Yeah not going to happen. At least once we have all the more core
>> libraries in Phobos we can start experimenting in creating them.
>>
>> Hopefully in the 10 year plan we could get a GUI toolkit that is
>> "standard" but who knows.
>>
>> [0]
>> https://github.com/rikkimax/alphaPhobos/tree/master/source/std/experimental
>>
>
> 10 years? Half the people here will be dead! lol...
>
> The sooner the better. I'm not talking about a massive roundup of all
> resources and using them to develop this stuff. Again, much of the stuff
> has already been done.
>
> I'm talking about *focus*. A focused mental effort to have a plan of
> action. If you built it, they will come! If you don't, well, they won't.

Focused? really? Yeah no.
Big companies like Facebook, Google and Microsoft spend a lot of money 
on UI design. Not to mention efforts such as Qt.

Its a big job. As a community focused language we cannot expect it to 
happen.
At this stage the best way we can go is build the necessary tools for 
somebody who is able to make said GUI toolkit.

Unless you have a few million dollars to throw at this, I wouldn't 
expect it to happen anytime soon.
Although you're welcome to help out.

I have lists of things that would contribute towards these goals if you 
want.