Concurrency architecture for D2

[Robert Jacques]

On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 12:32:52 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> I think we are now in the position of defining a solid set of  
> concurrency primitives for D. This follows many months of mulling over  
> models and options.
>
> It would be great to open the participation to the design as broadly as  
> possible, but I think it's realistic to say we won't be able to get  
> things done on the newsgroup. When we discuss a topic around here,  
> there's plenty of good ideas but also the inevitable bikeshed  
> discussions, explanations being asked, explanations being given, and  
> other sources of noise. We simply don't have the time to deal with all  
> that - the time is short and we only have one shot at this.
>
> That's why I'm thinking of creating a mailing list or maybe another  
> group for this. Any ideas on what would be the best approach? I also  
> want to gauge interest from threading experts who'd like to participate.  
> Please advise: (a) whether you would like to participate to the design;  
> (b) keep discussions on the general group; (c) create a separate  
> newsgroup; (d) create a mailing list. The latter would have open  
> enrollment.
>
>
> Andrei

I'd like to participate and prefer newsgroups to mailing lists. I think a  
separate newsgroup, although some work to setup, would make it easier to  
follow the discussions.