Walter and Andrei and community relationship management

[Dibyendu Majumdar via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 6 April 2017 at 07:24:28 UTC, Nick B wrote:
> But, it seems that while Walter and Andrei are prepared to put 
> a proposal out on the newsgroup, and then discuss it with the 
> community, and then LATER, if its any good,
> state they will formally document it into a DIP.
>
> For the community, it seems different rules apply. In-depth 
> news-groups discussions for new proposals are firstly 
> encouraged and then later discouraged, with the ultimate
> response that the proposal MUST be in the form of a 
> time-consuming DIP, to be considered, even if it will 
> ultimately wastes everyone time, and cause resentment in the 
> community.

Hi,

I am only familiar with the Lua world from a language design 
point of view - in that world, only the Lua core team decide what 
features can go into the language. In fact they don't even accept 
code contributions - everything is coded by the core team - even 
when they accept an idea.

I don't think a language can be designed by a committee. My 
impression is that Walter is very decent about replying to 
criticisms, even though there is no need in my view for him to do 
so.

I would in fact urge the D team to make it explicit that D 
language design rests solely Walter and Andrei - and while others 
can make suggestions as to what should go in, only Walter and 
Andrei decide what actually goes in.

Regards
Dibyendu