lazy thoughts

[John Reimer]

Hello Jason,

> bearophile wrote:
> 
>> My interest for this community and for D is decreasing quickly.
>> 
> This may be a stupid question, but why is that?
> 


I'll hazard a guess that it's because some ideas that have originated from 
the community don't always get recognition by the D team.  Later, when the 
D team independently engineers similar ideas, it is likely to be exasperating 
to the community members that promoted them in the first place (and worked 
hard to implement them too).

This is just the way D Language development works, and I'm hoping the effect 
is unintentional.  Unfortunately, the "snub" effect will never disappear 
as long as this community refuses to realize that D development is not driven 
by the community; the community, as of now, mostly operates as a highly tuned 
sounding board.  By now many people here probably understand the chosen mode 
of development, but maybe some don't.  It's not optimal... it's just the 
way it is.  Incidentally, this is one of the reasons there is still a divergence 
between community and team developed libraries (ie Tango and Phobos).

Er... I suppose I've mentioned this before... :P

-JJR