The Problem With DIPs

[Kagamin via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 8 June 2016 at 19:59:27 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> A DIP not being dealt with does not mean it is a bad idea. It 
> pretty much means we just aren't ready to deal with it at the 
> moment. It's time may not have come yet. But it's not going 
> away, it'll still be there when needed. I've found mining DIPs 
> to be quite useful in designing the 'return ref' feature. DIPs 
> are a gold mine of ideas that be built upon, and I know where 
> to find them.

So DIPs are more like idea pool and what wasn't outright rejected 
so far can still be of some interest?