My Long Term Vision for the D programming language

[Robert Schadek]

On Tuesday, 16 November 2021 at 23:55:03 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> Why not start by synching github issues into bugzilla using 
> those bots?

there is already a tool 
https://github.com/wilzbach/bugzilla-migration/blob/master/bugzilla2github.py

that is was written in python, I consider vindication for my 
claims in the post.

> Walter's main priority nowadays seems to be @safe memory 
> management without GC and C/C++ interoperability.
> Andrei's current main priority seems to be more specifically 
> @safe reference counting.

People can change their mind.


> That's why Walter and Andrei want things to be @safe.

As said, that is to little, safe by default with GC only.
If you want to shoot your foot, you must be required to write 
*system*.

>> To summarize, GC and GC only.
>> ...
>
> See above. It does not seem to me like that aligns well with 
> the goals of W&A.

People can change their mind.

>
>> ...
>> 
>> ## Leadership
>> 
>> I'm writing this section as one of the last.
>> This is maybe one of the most important parts, but also the 
>> hardest
>> to validate.
>> When reading the forum, or the github PR's I get the feeling 
>> that people think
>> that D is a consensus driven, meritocracy.
>> That is not the case, and that is okay.
>> ...
>
> (Earlier you noted there is a low number of contributors.)

I don't see any contradiction in these two statements.
Please elaborate.

> Even if there was a consensus on that, you already noted that 
> it does not matter. This requires massive refactoring of the 
> DMD code base.

It requires a rewrite, so?