Time to do a Man's Work ??

[David B. Held]

Dave wrote:
> David B. Held wrote:
>> credibility to the D enterprise.  Rest assured that Andrei has not 
>> disappeared from the face of D, but he has decided to give up the 
>> newsgroup (or rather, he decided that when he felt it got too 
>> uncivilized for his tastes).  So, don't hold your breath waiting for him 
> 
> May I asked how you know this?

I know him personally, and he related this information to me directly in 
a conversation.

> Andrei brought a lot to these NG's, and I hope he reconsiders.

Like others have pointed out, he's pretty busy (like we all are).  For 
him, giving up the D ng's is an opportunity to get things done.  You 
should be glad Walter doesn't post as much as Andrei did, or you'd never 
get bug fixes. ;)

> Besides, there's always an alternative to "blacklisting" an entire 
> group, and that would be simply to ignore those who a) continually piss 
> you off, b) start making personal attacks and/or c) cannot let an 
> argument drop w/ a "we'll just have to agree to disagree".

That's true, but Andrei was expecting the civility of a moderated group, 
where flame wars and personal attacks are stopped before they are 
started.  I don't think he has much tolerance for unmoderated groups, 
and if you've ever lurked on a group like comp.lang.c++, you can see 
why.  Some even considered starting a moderated D group, but in the end 
it was decided that D hasn't reached the point where that is net 
beneficial or necessary.

> [...]
> Well, at least that's good to hear. I actually think that Andrei did a 
> lot to convince Walter to move on some issues that have often been 
> argued for, and will benefit us all.

He's still arguing. ;)

Dave