Vision 2016 H1

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 at 15:02:51 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> OK, I finally know what you disagree with.  The fundamental 
> problem is that without commercial funding, all OSS 
> contributions are voluntary, usually done during their spare 
> time, while focused design takes time, a lot of it.  Without 
> commercial backing to fund that time, it is difficult for most 
> to work towards that high level of technical design.  Perhaps 
> that's why OSS devs spend most of their time coding, they want 
> to focus what little time they have on getting some code out.

It is true that it is easier to jump in and out of "evolutionary 
coding" than focused design, but that's more of a convenience 
issue...

You can achieve a lot by cutting down the scope and use a divide 
and conquer strategy. So I don't think it is the most limiting 
factor, unless you try to implement an existing bloated standard 
like C++ or HTML5.

> I don't think consensus has been the issue as much as time, 
> which is the killer for any OSS or voluntary project.

I think one generally can get more done by having a design that 
is ready and that is partitioned into "implementable units". 
Design the APIs for a standard library up front, provide minimal 
proof-of-concept implementation, let other people replace it with 
production quality code.