A strategic vision for D

[Joakim]

On Tuesday, 1 May 2018 at 17:20:54 UTC, Ali wrote:
> On Tuesday, 1 May 2018 at 12:26:25 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> I realize it's right before the conference, but I'd like to 
>> put out a request for Walter and Andrei to spend five minutes 
>> during your talks laying out some overarching strategy for how 
>> you see D evolving. It could be during the keynotes or leading 
>> off the Q&A panel, but I think it's worth laying a broad 
>> strategy out there.
>
> For D's vision as set by D's core team
> check https://wiki.dlang.org/Vision/2018H1
>
> It is very clear, and feel free to read between the lines, on 
> what might be the long term strategy
>
> I think point 1 in the vision is very telling
>> 1. Lock down the language definition

Those are specific technical priorities that hint at a strategy, 
as you say, but it is better to lay out that strategy itself. Not 
knocking that vision document, as I called for a concrete 
document like that for years, but a conference keynote is a good 
place to lay out a strategy too.