DIP 1028 "Make @safe the Default" is dead

[Bastiaan Veelo]

On Friday, 29 May 2020 at 20:36:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/29/2020 7:22 AM, Paul Backus wrote:
>> This is sad news. I was excited for @safe-by-default, and had 
>> hoped that the issue with extern(C) could be solved without 
>> throwing DIP 1028 away entirely.
>
> I watched a documentary on Clive Davis (famous recording 
> executive) the other day. He would advise his clients, like 
> Kenny G, Barry Manilow, etc., on how they should arrange and 
> position their songs.
>
> Kenny G (famous clarinet player) said Davis recommended he add 
> a vocal track, as that will sell more records. KG asks are you 
> advising, or telling me? Davis says he's advising. KG does it 
> his own way, and the record is a hit. KG triumphantly tells 
> Davis what do you think of that now? Davis replies if KG had 
> followed his advice, he'd have sold even more records.

I’m not sure who in this analogy is the Kenny G and who the Clive 
Davis, and we probably will never know for sure.

Off topic, and without extending the analogy, I had never heard 
about Kenny G until I came across Pat Metheny’s rant about him. 
It’s a well reasoned critique, and it seems to me that the 
expertise in our community is a lot higher than Kenny G’s musical 
expertise.
http://www.jazzoasis.com/methenyonkennyg.htm

— Bastiaan