I approved DIP1036e

[H. S. Teoh]

On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 12:17:13AM +0000, aberba via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 January 2024 at 15:03:09 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 18, 2024 at 02:02:56PM +0000, Dibyendu Majumdar via
> > Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
> > > It only proves my point, because the only people not nice on these
> > > forums are these so called contributors, many of who actually have
> > > made no contribution but are happy to make a lot of demands as if
> > > its their right!
> > 
> > That's irrelevant.  Some of the people who left recently were *very*
> > active contributors, who have had a lot of work merged and who did a
> > lot of user support on their own free time.  We're not talking here
> > about the regular whiners who show up out of nowhere with strange or
> > unreasonable demands ...  while not lifting a finger themselves.
> > (Personally I just hit the delete button for those, it's not worth
> > my time.)
> 
> how do you know even those folks aren't contributors financially and
> other means? Would be a mistake to assess complaints based on such
> credentials.

I said specifically I was *not* talking about them. :-D

The "regular whiners" I was referring to are those who show up out of
nowhere and start asking "does D have X, Y, Z?" and then proceed to
whine "why is X like this? It should be more like X2!  And Y should be
more like Y2! And Z shouldn't even exist!  D sux, fix it or I'm
leaving!"


> Walter has a saying that people complain because they have interest in
> the language and care about it. I think that's a very positive way to
> look at it.

Well, that's why I'm still here and complaining. :-D  Or at least, I try
to post positive things about D when I can... but sometimes when you've
been around for a long time and seen things, it's hard not to voice
problems that you feel should have been obvious to everyone but for some
reason aren't. (Or so it appears.)


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