The DIP Process

[Elronnd]

On Friday, 1 March 2019 at 21:23:10 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On a final note it doesn't matter to the DIP approval process 
> how hard anyone works on the proposal, or how much time they 
> spent on it, etc. Only results matter. By the same token, I 
> don't expect anyone to care how much time I spend on D, I don't 
> expect anyone to use D because people worked hard on it, etc. 
> The only thing that matters is how good D is.
>
> It's a bit like the Olympics. Nobody cares how hard/long an 
> athlete trained. Only that they win. Who would want it any 
> other way?

Oh come on.  This comparison makes no sense, the olympics are 
nothing like a programming language.  Specifically, a programming 
language is changing (it's not static)--which is very relevant 
considering we're talking about proposals to change it!  It 
absolutely is worth considering (and is considered) if a 
programming language you want to use is maintained by people who 
care enough about it to do their very best at maintaining it.  I 
have always balked at the assumption that a leader should *have* 
to love what they do, but there needs to be *some* sort of reason 
to believe that a project will be well-led, and that it will 
continue to progress intelligently as time goes on; passion and 
hard work are as good a reason as any.