GSOC 2018 - no slots for D

[Craig Dillabaugh]

On Tuesday, 13 February 2018 at 13:33:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 02/12/2018 08:20 PM, Jakub Łabaj wrote:
>> https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/organizations/
>> Seems like we didn't make it this year :(
>> 
>> Is there any feedback from Google when they don't accept an 
>> organisation? Do you think that maybe they don't perceive D as 
>> a viable option or just the projects could have been defined 
>> better?
>
> Google does not provide feedback to rejected organizations. Far 
> as I can imagine approval depends on a number of imponderables 
> such as the person who does the review etc.
>
> GSoC 2018 was not a considerable part of our plans so we are 
> not affected negatively.
>
> I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Seb who worked on 
> the application. It was stronger than in past years (including 
> those when we've been accepted).
>
>
> Andrei

I also want to thank Seb for the excellent work he did on this 
year's application. It looked really solid, so I am a bit 
disappointed it didn't get accepted, but I am sure D will carry 
on without Google's money just fine.  Being a big fan of 
conspiracy theories I personally think it was blocked by the Go 
folks :o)