Moving forward with work on the D language and foundation

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On Monday, 24 August 2015 at 18:43:01 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
>
> Following an increasing desire to focus on working on the D 
> language and foundation, I have recently made the difficult 
> decision to part ways with Facebook, my employer of five years 
> and nine months.
>
> Facebook has impacted my career and life very positively, and I 
> am grateful to have been a part of it for this long. The time 
> has come for me, however, to fully focus on pushing D forward. 
> As sorry I am for leaving a good and secure career behind, I am 
> excited many times over about the great challenges and 
> opportunities going forward.
>
> Next step with the D Language Foundation is a formal talk with 
> the foundation's prospective attorney tomorrow. I hope to get 
> the foundation in motion as soon as possible, though I'm told 
> there are numerous steps to complete. I will keep this forum 
> posted about progress.
>
> I'm also glad to announce that the D Language Foundation 
> already has a donor - I have decided to contribute my books' 
> royalties to it. I encourage others to respond in kind.
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrei

That's courageous, particularly past 50 yo. It's a different 
culture, past 50 yo in Europe people choose security, but in USA, 
past 50 yo some people still take the risk to try something new. 
Awesome.